Miss USA 1982
{{Short description|31st Miss USA pageant}}
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{{Beauty pageant
| winner = Terri Utley
Arkansas
| photo = Terri Utley, Miss USA 1982.jpg
| caption = Terri Utley wearing the Miss USA 1982 crown
| represented =
| date = May 13, 1982
| presenters = Bob Barker
| venue = Gulf Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, Mississippi
| congeniality =Toni McFadden
Alaska
| photogenic = Sondra Dee Jones
Virginia
| placements = 12
| entrants = 51
| before = 1981
| next = 1983
}}
Miss USA 1982 was the 31st Miss USA pageant, televised live on May 13, 1982, from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.
The pageant was won by Terri Utley of Arkansas,{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Harold |title=Arkansas beauty is Miss USA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/737805115/ |access-date=July 27, 2023 |work=The South Mississippi Sun |date=May 14, 1982 |page=1 |language=en}} who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kim Seelbrede of Ohio. Utley was the first – and to date ({{as of|2023|lc=y}}) only – woman from Arkansas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1982.
The judges included Miss USA 1975 Summer Bartholomew and Miss USA 1980 Jineane Ford.{{cite news |title=Five past Miss USAs recall excitement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun/152209324/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=The Sun |date=May 13, 1982 |pages=19}}
Jeannine Boger, who was Miss North Carolina USA is the mother of Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton.
Results
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| Final Results
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| Miss USA 1982
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| 1st Runner-up
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| 2nd Runner-up
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| 4th Runner-up
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| Top 12
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= Special awards =
Delegates
The Miss USA 1982 delegates were:{{cite news |title=The Contestants |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-miss-usa-1982-contestants/111894830/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=The Sun |date=May 8, 1982 |pages=38}}{{cite news |title=The Contestants |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-miss-usa-1982-contestants/111894850/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=The Sun |date=May 8, 1982 |pages=39}}
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- {{Flagicon|Alabama}} Alabama – Lisa Wheeler
- {{Flagicon|Alaska}} Alaska – Toni McFadden
- {{Flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona – Lori Hakola
- {{Flagicon|Arkansas|1924}} Arkansas – Terri Utley
- {{Flagicon|California}} California – Suzanne Dewames
- {{Flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado – Dusty Hutton
- {{Flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut – Maureen Szekeres
- {{Flagicon|Delaware}} Delaware – Shawna Saints
- {{Flagicon|District of Columbia}} District of Columbia – Lori Esteep
- {{Flagicon|Florida|1900}} Florida – Lisa Smith
- {{Flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} Georgia – Kelly Blackston
- {{Flagicon|Hawaii}} Hawaii – Vanessa Dubois
- {{Flagicon|Idaho}} Idaho – Valerie Stephan
- {{Flagicon|Illinois}} Illinois – Carla Danielson
- {{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana – Sara Binckley
- {{Flagicon|Iowa}} Iowa – Jeanne Hoyer
- {{Flagicon|Kansas}} Kansas – Stefanie Larson
- {{Flagicon|Kentucky}} Kentucky – Kristina Chapman
- {{Flagicon|Louisiana|1912}} Louisiana – Lisa Michael
- {{Flagicon|Maine}} Maine – Theresa Cloutier
- {{Flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland – Angie Boyer
- {{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts – Janet Marie Flaherty
- {{Flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan – Diane Arabia
- {{Flagicon|Minnesota|1957}} Minnesota – Lori Kmetz
- {{Flagicon|Mississippi|1894}} Mississippi – Nancy Perkins
- {{Flagicon|Missouri}} Missouri – Susan Heiman
- {{Flagicon|Montana}} Montana – Perri Stevenson
- {{Flagicon|Nebraska}} Nebraska – Lori Novicki
- {{Flagicon|Nevada|1929}} Nevada – Andrea Pennington
- {{Flagicon|New Hampshire}} New Hampshire – Kathy Rogers
- {{Flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey – Janice Lynn Straub
- {{Flagicon|New Mexico}} New Mexico – Lisa Allen
- {{Flagicon|New York}} New York – Annemarie Henderson
- {{Flagicon|North Carolina|1885}} North Carolina – Jeannine Dalton
- {{Flagicon|North Dakota}} North Dakota – Tammi Martinson
- {{Flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio – Kim Weeda
- {{Flagicon|Oklahoma|1941}} Oklahoma – Jill Liebmann
- {{Flagicon|Oregon}} Oregon – Kristina Bauer
- {{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania – Therese Rosa
- {{Flagicon|Rhode Island}} Rhode Island – Peggy McGraw
- {{Flagicon|South Carolina}} South Carolina – Margo Wood
- {{Flagicon|South Dakota|1963}} South Dakota – Meaghan North
- {{Flagicon|Tennessee}} Tennessee – Sherly Deanice "Nise" Levy
- {{Flagicon|Texas}} Texas – Luann Caughey
- {{Flagicon|Utah|1913}} Utah – Susan Gasser
- {{Flagicon|Vermont}} Vermont – Georgia Davis
- {{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia – Sondra Dee Jones
- {{Flagicon|Washington}} Washington – Jana Minerich
- {{Flagicon|West Virginia}} West Virginia – Cindy Baniak
- {{Flagicon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin – Cheryl Maslowski
- {{Flagicon|Wyoming}} Wyoming – Judy Wilder
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Judges
- Summer Bartholomew, Miss USA 1975 from California
- Vic Damone, singer
- Jineane Ford, Miss USA 1980 from Arizona
- Georgia Gibbs, singer
- John James, actor
- Julia Meade, actress
- Robert Pine, actor
- Freddie Solomon, NFL player
- Michelle Stevens, model
- Gordon Cooper
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.missusa.com|Miss USA official website}}
{{Miss USA}}
{{United States representatives at Miss World}}