Miss America 1975#Contestants

! Placement

! Contestant

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• {{flag|Texas}} – Shirley Cothran

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• {{flag|California}} – Lucianne Buchanan

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• {{flag|Illinois}} – Jean Ahern

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• {{flag|Kentucky}} – Darlene Compton

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• {{flag|Louisiana|1912}} – Libby Lovejoy

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• {{flag|Indiana}} – Penny Tichenor
• {{flag|New Mexico}} – Donna Reel
• {{flag|South Dakota|1963}} – Barbara Marie Guthmiller
• {{flag|Tennessee}} – Deborah Humphreys Kincaid
• {{flag|Washington}} – Kathleen Beth Moore

! Awards

! Contestant

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• {{flag|California}} - Lucianne Buchanan
• {{flag|Kansas}} - Karen Diane Smith
• {{flag|Texas}} - Shirley Cothran

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• {{flag|Illinois}} - Jean Ahern
• {{flag|Kentucky}} - Darlene Compton
• {{flag|Tennessee}} - Deborah Humphreys Kincaid

! Awards

! Contestant

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• {{flag|Florida|1900}} - Delta Burke
• {{flag|Iowa}} - Jean Bollhoefer
• {{flag|Kansas}} - Karen Diane Smith
• {{flag|North Carolina|1885}} - Susan Lynn Griffin
• {{flag|Ohio}} - Lorrie Janet Kapsta
• {{flag|Rhode Island}} - Karen Ann Salvatore
• {{flag|West Virginia}} - Mary Beth Derry

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• {{flag|Arkansas|1924}} - Rhonda Kay Pope
• {{flag|Hawaii}} - Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu

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!State

!Name

!Hometown

!Age

!Talent

!Placement

!Special Awards

!Notes

|Pam Long

|Florence

|20

|Ventriloquism

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|Screenwriter of the soap opera Guiding Light

|Darby Moore

|Kenai

|20

|Ventriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

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|Mary Avilla

|Glendale

|20

|Popular Vocal, "Best Thing You've Ever Done"

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|Rhonda Pope

|Hot Springs

|21

|Vocal Medley, "Friends" & "With a Little Help from My Friends"

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|Miss Congeniality

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|Lucianne Buchanan

|Claremont

|21

|Harp, "Concerto in B Flat"

|1st runner-up

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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|Cynthia Hunter

|Denver

|23

|Soft Shoe Dance, "Mame"

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|Elisa Heinemann

|Wethersfield

|18

|Dramatic Interpretations, "Prunella", "Yenta", & "Wicked Witch"

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|Kathleen Attanasi

|Rehoboth Beach

|22

|Harp Medley, "Harmonious Blacksmith" & "Close to You"

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|Delta Burke

|Orlando

|18

|Dramatic Monologue, "Anne Boleyn"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

|Later gained fame as an actress, most notable on Designing Women

|Gail Nelson

|Atlanta

|22

|Vocal Medley, "So Long, Dearie", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", & "Before the Parade Passes By" from Hello, Dolly!

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|Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu

|Honolulu

|23

|Modern Jazz Dance, "Hospital Shootout"

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|Miss Congeniality

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|Rochelle Bacon

|Boise

|21

|Vocal, "Cornet Man" from Funny Girl

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|Jean Ahern

|Hinsdale

|21

|Ballet en Pointe, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote

|2nd runner-up

|Preliminary Talent Award

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|Penny Tichenor

|Owensville

|21

|Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Caberet

|Top 10

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|Jean Bollhoefer

|Haverhill

|25

|Popular Vocal, "Starting Here, Starting Now"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Karen Smith

|Shawnee

|18

|Jazz/Acrobatic Dance, "The Entertainer"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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|Darlene Compton

|Louisville

|25

|Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival!

|3rd runner-up

|Preliminary Talent Award

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|Libby Lovejoy

|Sulphur

|21

|Classical Ballet en Pointe, "The Grenadiers"

|4th runner-up

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|Margaret Ann Welch

|Bangor

|22

|Vocal, "Killing Me Softly with His Song"

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|Susan Jane Wohlfarth

|Potomac

|21

|Classical Ballet, Giselle

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|Susan Sadlier

|Lowell

|22

|Musical Comedy, "I'm the Greatest Star"

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|Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

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|Susan Lillian Short

|Kalamazoo

|23

|Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It"

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|Pam Bernhagen

|Bloomington

|20

|Acrobatic Jazz Ballet, "Fiddler on the Roof"

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|Sister of Miss Minnesota 1971, Sheila Bernhagen

|Diane Bounds

|Gulfport

|21

|Popular Vocal, "When You Smile"

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|Michelle Marshall

|Florissant

|20

|Vocal/Dance, "Sweet Charity" from Sweet Charity

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|Pamela Royer

|Billings

|20

|Gymnastic Floor Exercise, "Love Story"

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|Sharon Sue Pelc

|Johnstown

|22

|Ventriloquism & Singing, "Those Were the Days"

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|Jacqueline Barker

|Sparks

|19

|Popular Vocal, "The Way We Were"

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|Cynthia Erb

|Manchester

|18

|Gymnastic Dance to the theme from Midnight Cowboy

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|Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

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|Elizabeth Bracken

|Mahwah

|21

|Dramatic Monologue, "Elizabeth Umpstead" by Carl Sandburg

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|Donna Frances Reel

|Albuquerque

|21

|Vocal, "For Once in My Life"

|Top 10

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|Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972

Top 10 at Miss USA 1972

Previously Miss New Mexico World 1973

Top 16 at Miss World USA 1973

|Kris Krull

|Niagara Falls

|22

|Jazz Dance, "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar

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|Susan Griffin

|High Point

|22

|Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Susan Kay Myhr

|Bottineau

|18

|Vocal, "You're Gonna Hear From Me" & "Don't Rain on My Parade"

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|Lorrie Kapsta

|Columbus

|26

|Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in B Minor" by Tchaikovsky

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Debbie Knight

|Warr Acres

|22

|Piano, "Minuet in G Major"

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|Juli Ann Berg

|Eugene

|21

|Vocal, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin

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|Daughter of Miss Oregon 1947, Jo Ann Amorde

|Karen Lynn Kuhn

|Levittown

|20

|Ballet, "Shubert Alley Overture"

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|Karen Salvatore

|Warwick

|22

|Original Skit, "Don't Smoke"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Cheryl Von Lehe

|Charleston

|18

|Vocal, "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?"

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|Barbara Guthmiller

|Tripp

|21

|Vocal, "Summertime"

|Top 10

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|Older sister of Miss South Dakota 1976, Beth Guthmiller

Contestant at National Sweetheart 1972

|Deborah Kincaid

|Memphis

|21

|Vocal Medley, "Once in a Lifetime", "In My Own Lifetime", & "This is My Life"

|Top 10

|Preliminary Talent Award

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|Shirley Cothran

|Denton

|21

|Flute Medley, "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Sheperd Blues"

|Winner

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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|Kathlyn Louise White

|Bountiful

|21

|Classical Vocal, "Voices of Spring"

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|Married singer Wayne Osmond

|Donna Shea

|Windsor

|21

|Oratory, "Eulogy of John F. Kennedy"

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|Stephanie Dowdy

|Virginia Beach

|18

|Vocal, "I've Gotta Be Me"

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|Kathleen Moore

|Bothell

|22

|Classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song"

|Top 10

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|Mary Derry

|Morgantown

|21

|Semi-classical Vocal, "Cycles"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Carol Schmitt

|Green Bay

|22

|Vocal, "Speak Softly Love"

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|Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

Special Education Award

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|Cheryl Johnson

|Cheyenne

|20

|Modern Jazz Dance, "Scorpio"

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|Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

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