Miss World USA 1972 explained

Date:	September 1, 1972
Venue:	Hampton, Virginia
Presenters:	Bob Hope
Entrants:	45
Winner:	Lynda Jean Córdoba Carter Arizona
Congeniality:	Michelle Renee Franqui
Before:	1971
Next:	1973

Miss World USA 1972 was the 11th edition of the Miss World USA pageant and it was held in Hampton, Virginia and was won by Lynda Jean Córdoba Carter of Arizona. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Karen Brucene Smith of Texas. Carter went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1972 in London later that year. She finished in the Top 15 at Miss World.^[1]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World USA 1972	Arizona – Lynda Jean Córdoba Carter
1st Runner-Up	Texas – Jackie Behrendt
2nd Runner-Up	Oklahoma – Rita Jo Fitzgerald
3rd Runner-Up	Florida – Sandra Leland
4th Runner-Up	Georgia - Melanie Ann Chapman
Top 7	South Carolina - Faye M. Breland Virginia - Marie Ann Hunderleiter
Semi-Finals	California - Rochelle A. Wallace

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	– Michelle Renee Franqui

Delegates

The Miss World USA 1972 delegates were:

• Alabama - Joan. S. Turner
• Alaska - Rhonda Rae Dodds
• Arizona - Lynda Jean Córdoba Carter
• California - Rochelle A. Wallace
• Colorado - Dianne McDonough
• Connecticut - Gloria Marie Beze
• Delaware - Sallie "Becky" Matthews
• District of Columbia - Monica Metrinko
• Florida - Sandra Leland
• Georgia - Melanie Ann Chapman
• Hawaii - Sharlene Annette Ann Angeli Silva
• Idaho - Robynn Gail Hance
• Illinois - Monika Kelier
• Iowa - Schuyler Quick
• Kansas - Victoria Ann Meyers
• Kentucky - Frances Lynn Adams
• Louisiana - Teresa "Terry" Ann Richard
• Maine - Susanne Anderson
• Maryland - Pia Nancy Canzani
• Massachusetts - Janice Janes
• Michigan - Karen R. Kistier
• Minnesota - Johnelle Foley
• Missouri - Kali Ball
• Nebraska - Rebecca Shaaf
• Nevada - Trenna V. Gulbransen
• New Hampshire - Judy Tedeschi
• New Jersey - Andrea McLaughlin
• New Mexico - Karen Jenson
• New York - Michelle Renee Franqui
• North Carolina - Julia Ann Lane
• North Dakota - G. Jill Duis
• Ohio - Vicki Lane Hess
• Oklahoma - Rita Jo Fitzgerald
• Oregon - Jojuan Lyn Tussing
• Pennsylvania - Brenda L. Wrona
• Rhode Island - Nancy Zinna
• South Carolina - Faye M. Breland
• Tennessee - Cythnia Greer Baily
• Texas - Jackie Behrendt
• Utah - Pam Ure
• Vermont - Pati Papineau
• Virginia - Marie Ann Hunderleiter
• Washington - Debra Kelley
• Wisconsin - Barbara Jean Jennings
• Wyoming - Barbara M. Duennebeil

Notes

Did not Compete

Crossovers

Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:

Miss International

• 1973

: Pia Nancy Canzani (as United States)

Miss World America

• 1973

: Rhonda Rae Dodds

• 1973

: Trenna V. Gulbransen

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Miss World America Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miss World USA 1972-74 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130325104141/http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/World_USA_1972-1974.htm . West . Donald . pageantopolis.com . March 25, 2013 . usurped.