Miss World America 1979 Explained

Date:	September 15, 1979
Venue:	Reichhold Center for the Arts, Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Entrants:	50
Placements:	8
Winner:	Carter Wilson Virginia
Before:	1978
Next:	1980

Miss World America 1979 was the 2nd edition of the Miss World America pageant and it was held in Reichhold Center for the Arts in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands and was won by Carter Wilson of Virginia. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Debra Jean Freeze of North Carolina. Wilson went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1979 Pageant in London later that year. She finished in the Top 15 at Miss World.^[1]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World America 1979	Virginia – Carter Wilson
1st Runner-Up	Kentucky – Robyn Kay Overby
2nd Runner-Up	California – Ramona Henriette Rolle
Top 8	Delaware – Debra Ann Kucher Hawaii – Marie Alohalani Brown Minnesota – Dawn Carroll La Motte North Carolina – Deborah Ann Fountain Rhode Island - Maureen Mary Whitehouse

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Personality	– Debbie Riedel
Miss Photogenic	– Katherine Ann Kivisto

Delegates

The Miss World America 1979 delegates were:

• Alabama - Rene’ Hamilton
• Alaska - Heidi Sue Ruess
• Arizona - Debbie Jo Nix
• Arkansas - Rhonda Cobb
• California - Ramona Henriette Rolle
• Colorado - Cindy Marie Byerly
• Connecticut - Beth Sweeney
• Delaware - Debra Ann Kucher
• Florida - Eugenia Rywant
• Georgia - Lisa Condrey
• Hawaii - Marie Alohalani Brown
• Idaho - Tannie Ouren
• Illinois - Katherine Ann Kivisto
• Indiana - Lisa Amsbury
• Iowa - Janice Marie Rife
• Kansas - Dine Tapaoan
• Kentucky - Robyn Kay Overby
• Louisiana - Misty Norwood
• Maine - Kim Moxcey
• Maryland - Sheri Clineman
• Massachusetts - Diane Maguire
• Michigan - Cindy Boufford
• Minnesota - Dawn Carroll La Motte
• Mississippi - Melnee Williams
• Missouri - Sherri Anderson
• Montana - Susan Marie Riplett
• Nebraska - Evelyn Rahm
• Nevada - Gina Hines
• New Hampshire - Darlene Sterbenz
• New Jersey - Angela Hetzel
• New Mexico - Kathleen Callahan
• New York - Shelly Broadwell
• North Carolina - Deborah Ann Fountain
• North Dakota - Machelle Marie Barros
• Ohio - Kathleen King
• Oklahoma - Lesa Jane Sadler
• Oregon - Pam Rowton
• Pennsylvania - Mary Lucina Engel
• Rhode Island - Maureen Mary Whitehouse
• South Carolina - Lynn Boyles
• South Dakota - Sharon Thompson
• Tennessee - Angela Garner
• Texas - Sharri Gorrell
• Utah - Lonni Lynn Jones
• Vermont - Joanne Colbert
• Virginia - Carter Wilson
• Washington - Sydney Louise Smith
• West Virginia - Vicki L. Philips
• Wisconsin - Debbie Riedel
• Wyoming - Kim Morgan

Notes

Withdrawals

Crossovers

Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:

Miss USA

• 1976

: Debra Ann Kucher

• 1978

: Susan Marie Riplett

• 1981

: Deborah Ann Fountain (as ; disqualified)

• 1985

: Robyn Kay Overby

Miss World America

• 1980

: Debbie Riedel

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Miss World America Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: World-America . https://web.archive.org/web/20130629035816/http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/world-america.htm . West . Donald . pageantopolis.com . June 29, 2013 . usurped.