Winner: | Kylene Barker |
Represented: | Virginia |
Date: | September 9, 1978 |
Presenters: | Bert Parks |
Venue: | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster: | NBC |
Before: | 1978 |
Next: | 1980 |
Miss America 1979, the 52nd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1978 on NBC Network.
Kylene Barker was the first Miss Virginia to win the crown.
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Miss America 1979 | ||
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State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes | |
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Alabama | 20 | Operatic Vocal, "This Is My Beloved" from "Kismet" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent | ||||
Alaska | Patty-Jo Gentry | |||||||
Arizona | Susan Kohler | |||||||
Arkansas | Naylene Vuurens | |||||||
California | Christine Louise Acton | Non-finalist Talent | ||||||
Colorado | Catherine Brown | |||||||
Connecticut | Maryalice Flintroy | Non-finalist Talent | ||||||
Delaware | Janice Anne Albro | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||||||
Florida | Carolyn Cline | 25 | Piano and Vocal, Theme from "Love Story" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent | |||
Georgia | Deborah Mosely | |||||||
Hawaii | ||||||||
Idaho | Kimberly Jensen | Non-finalist Talent | ||||||
Illinois | Debra Carlson | Non-finalist Talent | ||||||
Indiana | Terry Kaiser | |||||||
Iowa | Mary England | |||||||
Kansas | Lori Ann Bergen | 20 | Violin solo, "Czárdás"/"Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent | |||
Kentucky | Marcia Bell | 21 | Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Top 10 | ||||
Louisiana | Phyllis Kelly | 20 | Operatic Vocal, "Italian Street Song" by Victor Herbert | Top 10 | ||||
Maine | Linda Carroll | |||||||
Maryland | Caroline JoAnn Donnelly | |||||||
Massachusetts | Rowena Humphrey | |||||||
Michigan | Suzanne M. Schemm | |||||||
Minnesota | Sue Erickson | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||||||
Mississippi | Cheri Brown | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||||||
Missouri | Tamara Fister | |||||||
Montana | Vanessa Ochsner | |||||||
Nebraska | Guylyn Remmenga | 21 | Piano solo | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent | |||
Nevada | Megan Anderson | Non-finalist Talent | ||||||
New Hampshire | Belinda Bridgeman | |||||||
New Jersey | Laurie Berchtold | |||||||
New Mexico | Jennifer Leigh Schubert | |||||||
New York | Paula Pope | |||||||
North Carolina | Deborah Shook | Non-finalist Talent | ||||||
North Dakota | Shelia Lindeman | |||||||
Ohio | Sher Lynnette Patrick | 19 | Modern interpretation of traditional Middle Eastern dance | 3rd runner-up | ||||
Oklahoma | Kendi Brown | |||||||
Oregon | Amy White | |||||||
Pennsylvania | Charmaine Kowalski | |||||||
Rhode Island | Lori Leyden | |||||||
South Carolina | Mary Diane Toole | Non-finalist Talent | ||||||
South Dakota | Jennifer Holt | |||||||
Tennessee | Jill Beshears | |||||||
Texas | Sandi Miller | 20 | Piano solo, Selections from "Nocture for the left hand, Op. 9, No.2" by Alexander Scriabin; "2nd Concerto in G Minor, Opus 22" by Camille Saint-Saens, and "An American in Paris", by George Gershwin | Top 10 | ||||
Utah | Jami Coombs | |||||||
Vermont | Lisa Volkert | |||||||
Virginia | 22 | Acrobatic dance routine to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" | Winner | |||||
Washington | Laurie Nelson | 19 | Vocal, "Have I Stayed Too Long at the Fair?" | 4th runner-up | ||||
West Virginia | Ivy Meadows | |||||||
Wisconsin | Carin Kizewic | |||||||
Wyoming | Non-finalist Talent |