Miss America 1998
{{Short description|71st edition of the Miss America competition}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = Katherine Shindle
| represented = Illinois
| date = September 13, 1997
| presenters = John Callahan
Eva LaRue
| venue = Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
| broadcaster = ABC
| before = 1997
| next = 1999
}}
Miss America 1998, the 71st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 13, 1997 and was televised by the ABC Network. ABC replaced NBC as the pageant's television home.
Results
=Placements=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Placement ! Contestant |
| Miss America 1998
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| 1st Runner-Up
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| 2nd Runner-Up
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| 3rd Runner-Up
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| 4th Runner-Up
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| Top 10
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* Finalist Roxana Saberi entered the journalism field and made international headlines in 2009 when she was imprisoned in Iran on charges of espionage; she was subsequently released.{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519721,00.html |title=U.S. Journalist Jailed in Iran Released - Iran {{!}} Map |website=Fox News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512022405/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519721,00.html |archive-date=2009-05-12}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.missamerica.org/ Miss America official website]
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/458762/the-77th-annual-miss-america-pageant Miss America 1998]
- [http://anusha.com/miss-ill.htm Miss Illinois Beauty Pageant Controversy]
{{Miss America}}
{{Miss America 1998 Delegates}}
Category:1997 in the United States