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Miss USA 1991

{{Short description|40th Miss USA pageant}}{{Infobox beauty pageant

| photo = Kelli McCarty 2010.jpg

| caption = Miss USA 1991 Kelli McCarty

| winner = Kelli McCarty

| represented = Kansas

| date = February 22, 1991

| presenters = {{hlist|Dick Clark|Barbara Eden|Deborah Shelton}}

| venue = Century II Convention Center, Wichita, Kansas

| broadcaster = {{hlist|CBS|KWCH-TV}}

| congeniality = Charlotte Ray (New Jersey)

| photogenic = Pat Arnold (North Carolina)

| entrants=51

| placements=11

| before = 1990

| next = 1992

}}

Miss USA 1991 was the 40th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on February 22, 1991. At the conclusion of the final competition, Kelli McCarty of Kansas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Carole Gist of Michigan.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19910307&id=_JRGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VvgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5425,1118642&hl=en |title=Pageant entrant to answer claims of nude dancing|work=The Day|publisher=Knight-Ridder Newspapers|date=1991-03-07|access-date=2016-10-01}} McCarty became the first titleholder from Kansas and only the third winner to be crowned as Miss USA in her home state.

The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark for the third of five years, with color commentary by Barbara Eden for the only time, and Miss USA 1970 Deborah Shelton for the first time.

This was the second of four years{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} that the pageant was held in Wichita, Kansas.

This year was the first time that the delegates were introduced region by region and one by one in the Parade of States. The regions are the Midwest, the South, the Northeast, the Northwest, and the Southwest.

This was also the last year that the 1st runner-up would go on to represent the US at Miss World, as the Miss World Organization from this point forward stopped accepting 1st runner-ups from Miss USA, due to the pageant not making a public announcement that the 1st runner-up was going to compete at Miss World.{{what|date=January 2024}} Starting in 1992, a separate pageant would be held to determine the US delegate for Miss World.

File:Miss USA 1991 opening titles.jpg

Results

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=Placements=

File:Miss USA 1991 results map.png

;Color keys

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  • {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} The contestant Won in an International pageant.
  • {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant.
  • {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.

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  • {{Color box|#F0DC82|border=darkgray}} The contestant assumed another title.
  • {{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} The contestant was not able to compete in an International pageant.
  • {{Color box|lightblue|border=darkgray}} The contestant did not place but won a Special Award in the pageant.
  • {{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} The contestant did not place.

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Final Results

!Contestant

!International pageant

!International Results

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| Miss USA 1991

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| style="text-align:center;" |Miss Universe 1991

| style="text-align:center;" |Top 6

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| 1st Runner-Up

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| style="text-align:center;" |Miss World 1991

| style="text-align:center;" |Top 10

2nd Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|California}} – Diane Schock
Top 6

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  • {{flag|Illinois}} – Lisa Morgan
  • {{flag|North Carolina}} – Pat Arnold
  • {{flag|Oklahoma}} -Julie Khoury
Top 11

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  • {{flag|Alabama}} – Candy Carley
  • {{flag|Arizona}} - Maricaroll Verlinde
  • {{flag|Hawaii}} - Kym Lehua Digman
  • {{flag|New York}} – Maureen Murray
  • {{flag|Oregon}} – Olga Calderon

=Special awards=

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Award

!Contestant

Miss Congeniality

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Miss Photogenic

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Best State Costume

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  • {{flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona – Maricarroll Verlinde

Delegates

The Miss USA 1991 delegates were:

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.missusa.com/ Official website]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268107/ Miss USA 1991 at IMDb]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094956/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/148331/MISS-USA-1991-CROWN-GOES-TO-STUDENT-AT-WICHITA-STATE.html?pg=all MISS USA 1991 CROWN GOES TO STUDENT AT WICHITA STATE]

{{Miss USA}}

{{United States representatives at Miss World}}

1991

Category:February 1991 in the United States

Category:1991 beauty pageants

Category:1991 in Kansas

1991

Category:Mass media in Wichita, Kansas