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Miss America 1971

Summary

Miss America 1971, the 44th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1970.[1][2] The Women's Liberation Front demonstrated at the event[1] and Miss Iowa 1970, Cheryl Browne,[3] was the first African American contestant in the history of the Miss America pageant.[1][4][5] Miss South Dakota 1970 Mary Harum (Mary Hart) and Miss New Jersey 1970 Hela Yungst would both become media personalities.

Miss America 1971
DateSeptember 12, 1970
PresentersBert Parks
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerPhyllis George †
 Texas
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Phyllis George, Miss America 1971
Mary Harum (Mary Hart), Miss South Dakota 1970

Miss Texas 1970, Phyllis George, was crowned Miss America 1971. George would later become a noted media personality, featured on the CBS football program The NFL Today, as well as the First Lady of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983.

In August 1971, George traveled to Vietnam with Miss Nevada 1970, Vicky Jo Todd, Miss New Jersey 1970, Hela Yungst, Miss Arizona 1970, Karen Shields, Miss Arkansas 1970, Donna Connelly, Miss Iowa 1970, Cheryl Browne, and Miss Texas 1970 (George's replacement after she became Miss America), Belinda Myrick.[6] They were participating in a 22-day United Service Organizations tour for American troops there. The tour began in Saigon.[4][5][6] Browne later commented that she thought "it was one of the last Miss America groups to go to Vietnam."[5]

Results edit

Placements edit

Placement Contestant
Miss America 1971
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  •   Maine – Karen Johnson
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Order of announcements edit

Awards edit

Preliminary awards edit

Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Other awards edit

Awards Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Neat as a Pin Award
Non-finalist Talent

Judges edit

Contestants edit

State Name Hometown Age Talent Placement Award Notes
  Alabama Suzanne Dennie Birmingham 20 Popular Vocal, "Alfie" Preliminary Talent Award
  Alaska Virginia Walker Kotzebue 19 Original Poem, "My Wonderland" Special Judges' Award


Neat as a Pin Award

First Miss America contestant from the Arctic Circle
  Arizona Karen Shields Tucson 19 Dance & Vocal Medley from My Fair Lady
  Arkansas Donna Connelly Hope 19 Vocal Medley, "Who Will Buy" from Oliver! & "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" Top 10
  California Karin Kascher Castro Valley 18 Violin, "Méditation" Non-finalist Talent Award
  Colorado Sue Gehrman Fort Collins 18 Musical Interpretation, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady
  Connecticut Cynthia Fowler Cheshire 21 Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust
  Delaware Linda Sue Hitchens Seaford 20 Vocal/Dance, "Give My Regards to Broadway"
  Florida Lisa Donovan Sarasota 21 Vocal, "Feeling Good" Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award Singer on 1980s game show Face the Music
  Georgia Nancy Carr Midland 22 Popular Vocal, "I Wish You Love"
  Hawaii Kathleen Puanani O'Sullivan Kailua 18 Modern Dance, "Ritual Fire Dance" Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
  Idaho Noralyn Olsen Ovid 18 Classical Piano, "Etude Op. 10, No. 5"
  Illinois Lynn Alexander Loami 18 Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte"
  Indiana Debbie May Remington 21 Semi-classical Vocal, "The Impossible Dream" Non-finalist Talent Award; Miss Congeniality
  Iowa Cheryl Browne Decorah 20 Ballet, "Deep Purple" Non-finalist Talent Award First African American contestant to compete at Miss America Cheryl Adrienne Browne was a native of Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York who attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
  Kansas Linda Susan Edds Manhattan 21 Popular Vocal, "The Windmills of Your Mind"
  Kentucky Cynthia Anne Bostick Owensboro 18 Vocal, "Life is a One Way Street" Appeared as Marcia Campbell on As the World Turns Cynthia Anne Bostick Georgeson died at age 70 on January 24, 2023 in Racine, Wisconsin.
  Louisiana Carol Almand Haynesville 18 Vocal, "The Wedding"
  Maine Karen Johanna Johnson Cumberland Foreside 20 Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" 2nd runner-up
  Maryland Sharon Anne Cannon Salisbury 21 Piano, "Elephant Walk"
  Massachusetts Diana Dohrmann Boston 21 Piano, "The Kid from Red Bank" by Count Basie
  Michigan Ginger Myers Lincoln Park 21 Vocal, "Wicked Man"
  Minnesota Juliana Gabor South St. Paul 20 Popular Vocal, "My Coloring Book"
  Mississippi Christine McClamroch Columbus 21 Vocal Medley, "Cabaret", "Try to Remember", & "You'll Never Walk Alone" 3rd runner-up
  Missouri Marcia Mossbarger Brookfield 22 Tap Dance, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
  Montana Jane Opp Billings 20 Piano, Le Cavalier Fantastique by Paul Ben-Haim
  Nebraska Debra May Sullivan Omaha 19 Acrobatic Dance, "Fly Me to the Moon"
  Nevada Vicky Jo Todd Sparks 20 Vocal/Guitar, "Time" Non-finalist Talent Award
  New Hampshire Deborah Ann Merrill Portsmouth 19 Vocal/Dance, "I Want to be Happy" & "Happiness Is"
  New Jersey Hela Yungst Hillside 20 Dramatic Vocal, "Aldonza" from Man of La Mancha
  New Mexico Janis Jones Raton 21 Soft Shoe Dance, "Golden Slippers"
  New York Katherine Karlsrud Mamaroneck 18 Harp, "Whirlwind" by Carlos Salzedo Top 10 Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship First Allman Scholarship recipient to graduate from Medical School
  North Carolina Cornelia Lerner Asheville 18 Piano, "Revolutionary Étude" by Chopin Non-finalist Talent Award
  North Dakota Nancy Tangen Northwood 19 Classical Vocal, "Pace pace mio dio" from La forza del destino
  Ohio Grace Bird Alliance 21 French Horn & Classical Vocal, "1st Concerto for French Horn" & "Ouvre ton Coeur" from Vasco da Gama by Georges Bizet
  Oklahoma Judy Adams Cushing 20 Violin, "The Hot Canary" arranged by Florian ZaBach Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
  Oregon Cynthia Lynn Harrison Portland 18 Vocal & Guitar, "Just Once"
  Pennsylvania Maggie Walker Harrisburg 18 Gymnastic Ballet on Uneven Parallel Bars, "Contessa" 4th runner-up
  Rhode Island Teresa Bradley East Greenwich 19 Folk Singing & Guitar, "Chelsea Morning" Non-finalist Talent Award
  South Carolina Claudia Carmen Turner† Spartanburg 19 Vocal, "Once Upon a Time" 1st runner-up Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Claudia Carmen Turner Wells Bauman, died at 69 on September 24, 2021 in South Carolina.
  South Dakota Mary Harum Sioux Falls 19 Vocal Medley, "You've Made Me so Very Happy", "Something", & "Yesterday" Top 10 Former co-host of Entertainment Tonight
  Tennessee Carol Ferrante Memphis 21 Vocal
  Texas Phyllis George† Denton 21 Piano Medley, "Promises, Promises" & "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Winner Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award One of the first women sportscasters on network television as co-host of NFL Today on CBS from 1975 to 1977 and 1980 to 1983


Co-host of the 1989 & 1990 Miss America pageants with Gary Collins

  Utah Deborah Melba Dunn Salt Lake City 20 Modern Dance, "Julia"
  Vermont Pati Papineau Rutland 19 Classical Ballet, "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
  Virginia Jeannette Smith Roanoke 19 Classical Piano, "Toccata" by Aram Khachaturian
  Washington Nancy Peterson Moses Lake 19 Original Comedy Monologue, "Once Upon a Leaf"
  West Virginia Linda Dianne Barnett Parkersburg 19 Modern Jazz Dance, "The Electric Indian"
  Wisconsin Linda Jane Johnson Milwaukee 19 Piano, "Polonaise"
  Wyoming Jane Hutchings Cheyenne 19 Piano, "Arabesque" by Claude Debussy

Photographs edit

  • It Happened Here in New Jersey Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine - Contains photograph of Miss Iowa Cheryl Browne and Miss Maryland Sharon Ann Cannon in the period before the Miss America Pageant 1971 on September 8, 1970.
  • Photographs taken at the MISS AMERICA U.S.O. SHOW to Vietnam in 1971

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Musel, Robert (1970-08-26). "Television in Review". The Bryan Times p. 16 (United Press International). {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ There she is: From 1921 to 2014, see the Miss America pageant through the years:1971
  3. ^ "List of Miss Iowa Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  4. ^ a b Cauley, Paul (1971). "Photographs by Paul Cauley, 1971 Door Gunner, A Co 101st Avn (Text by Belinda Myrick-Barnett)". Paul Cauley.
  5. ^ a b c Davis, Shirley (2000-10-19). "History follows former Miss Iowa First black pageant winner recalls her crowning moment". Quad-City Times.
  6. ^ a b Associated Press (1971-08-11). "People in News". Kentucky New Era p. 23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

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