Miss USA 1977

{{Beauty pageant

| winner = Kimberly Tomes
{{flagicon|Texas}} Texas

| image = Baltimore Sun TV Week Kimberly Tomes, edited.jpg

| caption = Kimberly Tomes as Miss USA

| date = May 14, 1977

| presenters = Bob Barker and Helen O'Connell

| acts = Bobby Vinton

| venue = Gillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina

| broadcaster = CBS, WCSC-TV

| placements = 12

| entrants = 51

| before = 1976

| next = 1978

}}

Miss USA 1977 was the 26th Miss USA pageant, televised live by CBS from the Gillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina on May 14, 1977.

The pageant was won by Kimberly Tomes of Texas,{{cite news |title=Miss Texas Wins Miss America (sic) Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/926989519/ |access-date=26 July 2023 |work=Ventura County Star |date=May 15, 1977 |page=9 |language=en}} (Article content makes it clear they mean Miss USA, but the title does say Miss America.) who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Barbara Peterson of Minnesota. Tomes was the first woman from Texas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1977.

Results

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Final Results !Contestant
Miss USA 1977 \| {{flagicon\|Texas}} Texas – Kimberly Tomes
1st Runner-Up \| {{flagicon\|Nevada\|1929}} Nevada – Mary O'Neal Contino
2nd Runner-Up \| {{flagicon\|Minnesota\|1957}} Minnesota – Deborah Cossette
3rd Runner-Up \| {{flagicon\|California}} California –Pamela Gergely
4th Runner-Up \| {{flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia – Lynn Herring
Top 12 \| {{flagicon\|Arizona}} Arizona – Toni Abranovic {{flagicon\|District of Columbia}} District of Columbia – Sharon Sutherland {{flagicon\|Georgia (U.S. state)\|1956}} Georgia – Linda Kerr {{flagicon\|Hawaii}} Hawaii – Cely de Castro {{flagicon\|Maine}} Maine – Tina Brown {{flagicon\|New Jersey}} New Jersey – Juanita McCarty {{flagicon\|New Mexico}} New Mexico – Denise Funderburk

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Final Results

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Miss USA 1977