Miss America 1973#References

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{{Infobox beauty pageant

| winner = Terry Meeuwsen

| represented = Wisconsin

| date = September 9, 1972

| presenters = Bert Parks

| venue = Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

| broadcaster = NBC

| before = 1972

| next = 1974

}}

Miss America 1973, the 46th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 9, 1972{{cite news |last1=Cremer |first1=Nancy |title=Wisconsin Coed Wins Miss America Crown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/644173846 |access-date=18 October 2023 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=10 Sep 1972 |page=1 |language=en}} and broadcast on NBC.

The winner was Terry Meeuwsen, the first woman representing Wisconsin to take the crown. She would later become co-host of television's The 700 Club.

Among the finalists was Cindy Lee Sikes, entered as Miss Kansas, who became the actress Cynthia Sikes and co-star for three seasons in the 1980s on the NBC drama St. Elsewhere.

Results

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Miss America 1973

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1st Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|North Carolina|1885}} – Constance Anne Dorn
2nd Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|Pennsylvania}} – Linda Kay Olsen
3rd Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|Texas}} – Mae Beth Cormany
4th Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|Indiana}} – Rebecca Sue Graham
Top 10

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  • {{flag|Delaware}} – Catherine Lawton
  • {{flag|Iowa}} – Renee Stuedemann
  • {{flag|Kansas}} – Cindy Lee Sikes
  • {{flag|Louisiana|1912}} – Debby Robert
  • {{flag|Maryland}} – Kathleen Neff

=Awards=

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==Preliminary awards==

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Lifestyle and Fitness

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Talent

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==Other awards==

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Non-finalist Talent

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  • {{flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona – Linda Gail Sirrine
  • {{flagicon|Maine}} Maine – Marilyn E. Lash
  • {{flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts – Marie June Semas
  • {{flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan – Terri Ann Cousino
  • {{flagicon|Nevada|1929}} Nevada – Helen Marie Bennett
  • {{flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey – Linda Carol Gialanella
  • {{flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio – Karen Sue Sparka
  • {{flagicon|Oregon}} Oregon – Sandra Lynn Herring
  • {{flagicon|Utah|1913}} Utah – Sally Peterson
Miss Congeniality

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  • {{flagicon|Utah|1913}} Utah – Sally Peterson

Contestants

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{{Flagicon|Alabama}} Alabama

|Freita Fuller

|Opelika

|19

|Hula & Tahitian Dance

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{{Flagicon|Alaska}} Alaska

|Linda Hogue

|Kodiak

|18

|Modern Dance, "Charlie Chaplin Pantomime"

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|Neat as a Pin Award

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{{Flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona

|Linda Gail Sirrine

|Mesa

|19

|Popular Vocal, "Happy Heart"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Arkansas}} Arkansas

|Debbye Hazelwood

|Magnolia

|20

|Piano, Warsaw Concerto

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{{Flagicon|California}} California

|Diane Wagner

|Daly City

|20

|Ballet, "Swan Lake"

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{{Flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado

|Sally Anderson

|Longmont

|19

|Classical Vocal, "Daydreams"

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{{Flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut

|Linda Kapral

|East Lyme

|19

|Modern Jazz, African Dance, & Gymnastics

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{{Flagicon|Delaware}} Delaware

|Catherine Lawton

|Clayton

|20

|Banjo, "Banjo Memories"

|Top 10

|Preliminary Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida

|Suzanne Charles

|Fort Lauderdale

|20

|Ballet, "Dance of the Painted Doll"

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{{Flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} Georgia

|Lisa Lawalin

|Rome

|20

|Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady

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{{Flagicon|Hawaii}} Hawaii

|Marlene Diane Kehaulani Kalahiki

|Kailua-Kona

|22

|Modern Jazz Dance, "Shotgun"

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{{Flagicon|Idaho}} Idaho

|Vicki Hawkins

|Boise

|20

|Piano, Theme from Summer of '42

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{{Flagicon|Illinois}} Illinois

|Carolyn Paulus

|Elmhurst

|20

|Classical Vocal, "Glitter and be Gay" from Candide

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{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana

|Rebecca Graham

|Indianapolis

|23

|Gymnastics Dance

|4th runner-up

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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{{Flagicon|Iowa}} Iowa

|Renee Stuedemann

|Clinton

|23

|Baton Twirling, "Can-Can" from Orpheus in the Underworld

|Top 10

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{{Flagicon|Kansas}} Kansas

|Cynthia Sikes

|Coffeyville

|18

|Vocal, "Fame"

|Top 10

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

|Starred as Dr. Annie Cavanero on St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1985

{{Flagicon|Kentucky}} Kentucky

|Carolyn Walters

|Louisville

|19

|Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"

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{{Flagicon|Louisiana|1912}} Louisiana

|Debby Robert

|Baton Rouge

|21

|Classical Vocal, "The Art of Beguiling"

|Top 10

|Preliminary Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Maine}} Maine

|Marilyn Lash

|Friendship

|19

|Semi-classical Vocal, "Poor Wand'ring One" from The Pirates of Penzance

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland

|Kathleen Louise Neff

|Cumberland

|21

|Dramatic Soliloquy, "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You" from The King and I

|Top 10

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{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts

|Marie Semas

|Taunton

|18

|Piano & Vocal of an Original Composition

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan

|Terri Cousino

|Erie

|19

|Vocal, "How Can I Wait?"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota

|Linda Hagen

|Hampton

|22

|Popular Vocal, "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver!

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{{Flagicon|Mississippi|1894}} Mississippi

|Glenda Meadows

|Richton

|23

|Vocal Medley, "Am I Blue?" & "I'd Rather Be Blue"

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{{Flagicon|Missouri}} Missouri

|Anita Columbo

|St. Louis

|21

|Vocal/Dance, "It's Today" from Mame

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{{Flagicon|Montana}} Montana

|Debra DeBiase

|Billings

|21

|Ballet, "Summer of '42"

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{{Flagicon|Nebraska}} Nebraska

|Jeanine Giller

|Omaha

|22

|Jazz Dance, "Bitter End"

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{{Flagicon|Nevada}} Nevada

|Helen Bennett

|Reno

|23

|Classical Ballet, "Dance of the Gypsy"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|New Hampshire}} New Hampshire

|Jane Badler

|Manchester

|18

|Popular Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"

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|Starred on NBC's V series from 1983 to 1985 & on ABC's V series in 2011

{{Flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey

|Linda Gialanella

|Maplewood

|22

|Sketching Presentation, "Teaching the World to Draw"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|New Mexico}} New Mexico

|Wren Prather

|Carlsbad

|19

|Upside Down Tap Dance, "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

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{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|Judith Keithley

|Rochester

|19

|Piano, Rhapsody in Blue

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{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina

|Constance Dorn

|Kinston

|19

|Ballet, "The Grand Holiday"

|1st runner-up

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|Later Miss North Carolina USA 1975

2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1975

{{Flagicon|North Dakota}} North Dakota

|Georgia Ann Becker

|Napoleon

|18

|Country Western Vocal, "Rose Garden"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio

|Karen Sparka

|Bowling Green

|21

|Vocal Medley, "My Man" & "My Man's Gone Now"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Oklahoma}} Oklahoma

|Debbie Giannopoulos

|Oklahoma City

|20

|Classical Vocal from Carmen

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|Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968

{{Flagicon|Oregon}} Oregon

|Sandra Lynn Herring

|Portland

|20

|Vocal Medley, "Who Will Buy?" & "As Long as He Needs Me" from Oliver!

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania

|Linda Olson

|Corry

|20

|Piano, "Gershwin Medley"

|2nd runner-up

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{{Flagicon|Rhode Island}} Rhode Island

|Michele Passarelli

|Pawtucket

|18

|Vocal, "Cabaret"

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{{Flagicon|South Carolina}} South Carolina

|Bonnie Corder

|Columbia

|21

|Vocal Medley, "My Man's Gone Now", "Let Me Sing", & "I'm Happy"

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{{Flagicon|South Dakota}} South Dakota

|Janet Hunter

|Madison

|20

|Classical Piano, "Scherzo No. 3" by Chopin

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{{Flagicon|Tennessee}} Tennessee

|Debbie Cathey

|Nashville

|20

|Semi-classical Vocal, "Amazing Grace"

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{{Flagicon|Texas}} Texas

|Mae Beth Cormany

|Wichita Falls

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|Vocal Medley, "Misty" & "Come Rain or Come Shine"

|3rd runner-up

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{{Flagicon|Utah}} Utah

|Sally Peterson

|Salt Lake City

|21

|Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 1"

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|Miss Congeniality

Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Vermont}} Vermont

|Kathy Hebert

|Burlington

|21

|Vocal & Guitar with Display of Fashion Design, "I Don't Know How to Love Him"

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{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Dona Marie Pillow

|Lynchburg

|22

|Vocal, "Memories"

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|Cousin of country singer Ray Pillow

{{Flagicon|Washington}} Washington

|Rebecca Pozzi

|Kent

|20

|Vocal Medley, "Consider Yourself" & "I'd Do Anything"

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{{Flagicon|West Virginia}} West Virginia

|Lynette Koper

|Weirton

|21

|Presentation of Original Art Works

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{{Flagicon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin

|Terry Meeuwsen

|De Pere

|23

|Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!

|Winner

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

Preliminary Talent Award

|Co-host of The 700 Club

{{Flagicon|Wyoming}} Wyoming

|Annette Klipstein

|Cheyenne

|22

|Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus

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|Previously Wyoming's Junior Miss 1968

References

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