Miss World USA 1971
{{Infobox beauty pageant
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| date = October 2, 1971
| venue= Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
| presenters = Bob Hope
| entrants = 48
| placements = 18
| withdrawals = {{Hlist||}}
| winner = Karen Brucene Smith
{{flagicon|Texas}} Texas
| congeniality = Colette C. Nourey
{{flag|Massachusetts}}
| before = 1970
| next = 1972
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Miss World USA 1971 was the 10th edition of the Miss World USA pageant, held in the Hampton Roads Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia, and was won by Karen Brucene Smith of Texas. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Sandra Wolsfeld of Illinois. Smith went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1971 Pageant in London later that year. She finished as fifth runner-up at Miss World. She later won Miss American Beauty 1974 (Miss U.S. International 1974) and competed in and later won Miss International 1974.{{cite web |title=Miss World USA 1969-71 |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/World_USA_1969-1971.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329083751/http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/World_USA_1969-1971.htm |editor-last=West |editor-first=Donald |website=pageantopolis.com |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |url-status=usurped}}{{cite news|title=Port Lavaca's Brucene Smith wins Miss World USA title|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ZysSsiWj_g4C&dat=19711004&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=6 November 2010|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=October 4, 1971}}{{Cite web|title=The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vwVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0oAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5292%2C532592|publisher=The Victoria Advocate|access-date=2020-09-25|website=news.google.com}}{{cite news|title=Tawny-haired student selected Miss World|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KyEsAAAAIBAJ&dq=&pg=3888%2C1850717|accessdate=6 November 2010|newspaper=Times Daily|date=November 11, 1971|agency=Associated Press}}{{cite news|title=Contestant - Brucene Smith|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UsscAAAAIBAJ&dq=&pg=6976%2C38590|accessdate=6 November 2010|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=October 1, 1974}}{{cite news|title=Miss International|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V8scAAAAIBAJ&dq=&pg=3022%2C1638553|accessdate=6 November 2010|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=October 10, 2010}}
Results
=Placements=
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| Final results
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| Miss World USA 1971
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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 7
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| Top 18
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=Special awards=
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| Miss Congeniality
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Delegates
The Miss World USA 1971 delegates were:
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- {{flagicon|Alabama}} Alabama - Mary E. Sims
- {{flagicon|Alaska}} Alaska - Paula Lynn Slaymaker
- {{flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona - Lindsay Diane Bloom
- {{flagicon|Arkansas}} Arkansas - Peggy Kay Hutchens
- {{flagicon|California}} California - Darlene Poole
- {{flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado - Juliet B. Race
- {{flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut - Brenda Sue Flowers
- {{flagicon|Delaware}} Delaware - Linda Marie Miller
- {{flagicon|Washington, D.C.}} District of Columbia - Melissa Jane Bridgewater
- {{flagicon|Florida}} Florida - Anita L. Senno
- {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} Georgia - Deborah Kay Cunningham
- {{flagicon|Idaho}} Idaho - Jackie Bean
- {{flagicon|Illinois}} Illinois - Leah Anderson
- {{flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana - Claudette Booth
- {{flagicon|Iowa}} Iowa - Beverly Meyer Vratny
- {{flagicon|Kentucky}} Kentucky - Anne Wright
- {{flagicon|Louisiana}} Louisiana - Judy Cusimano
- {{flagicon|Maine}} Maine - Allison Lee Cook
- {{flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland - Gail Somerville
- {{flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts - Colette C. Nourey
- {{flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan - Gwen Marie Humble
- {{flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota - Carolyn Schmidt
- {{flagicon|Mississippi|1894}} Mississippi - Seletha Ann Jarreau
- {{flagicon|Missouri}} Missouri - Nancy Lee Swain
- {{flagicon|Montana}} Montana - Joli Fanyak
- {{flagicon|Nebraska}} Nebraska - Staci Ann Lieb
- {{flagicon|Nevada}} Nevada - Jennifer Marie Swan
- {{flagicon|New Hampshire}} New Hampshire - Jane Floren
- {{flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey - Elizabeth Wanderman
- {{flagicon|New Mexico}} New Mexico - Jo Ann Howell
- {{flagicon|New York}} New York - Susan Elizabeth Dishaw
- {{flagicon|North Carolina|1885}} North Carolina - Terri Lee Horn
- {{flagicon|North Dakota}} North Dakota - Estrella Maria Petil
- {{flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio - Shirley Malin
- {{flagicon|Oregon}} Oregon - Cynthia Leann Hager
- {{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania - Maria Elena Alberici
- {{flagicon|Rhode Island}} Rhode Island - Judith Ann Gendron
- {{flagicon|South Carolina}} South Carolina - Debra Carol Cooper
- {{flagicon|South Dakota}} South Dakota - Katherine Ann Wessel
- {{flagicon|Tennessee}} Tennessee - Deborah Barnett
- {{flagicon|Texas}} Texas - Karen Brucene Smith
- {{flagicon|Utah}} Utah - Iris Kay Betts
- {{flagicon|Vermont}} Vermont - Jeanne A. Whipple
- {{flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia - Carolyn Rea Martin
- {{flagicon|Washington}} Washington - Sharon Lynne Conrad
- {{flagicon|West Virginia}} West Virginia - Kathy Redosh
- {{flagicon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin - Lynn Marie Mathey
- {{flagicon|Wyoming}} Wyoming - Cody Kay Armitage
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Notes
=Did not compete=
- {{flag|Hawaii}}
- {{flag|Kansas}}
- {{flag|Oklahoma|1941}}
Crossovers
Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:
- 1969: {{flag|New Jersey}}: Elizabeth Wanderman (Top 15; as {{flag|Connecticut}})
- 1972: {{flag|Arizona}}: Lindsay Diane Bloom (4th Runner-Up; as {{flag|United States}})
- 1974: {{flag|Texas}}: Karen Brucene Smith (Winner; as {{flag|United States}})
References
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External links
- [http://www.missworld.com Miss World Official Website]
- [http://www.missworldamerica.com Miss World America Official Website]
{{United States representatives at Miss World}}
{{Miss World countries and territories}}