Miss USA 1985

Results

Placements

Final Competition

State	Preliminary Average	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
Texas	9.140	9.155	9.222	9.466	9.281
New Mexico	8.881	8.822	9.177	9.111	9.036
Illinois	8.558	9.288	9.033	8.833	9.051
Louisiana	8.597	9.311	9.100	9.033	9.148
Minnesota	8.536	8.855	9.066	9.033	8.984
Arizona	8.536	8.611	9.012	9.100	8.907
Missouri	8.562	8.722	8.955	8.866	8.847
Hawaii	8.544	8.900	8.688	8.933	8.840
Massachusetts	8.721	8.700	8.788	8.855	8.781
Oklahoma	8.870	8.611	8.677	9.044	8.777

Historical significance

• Texas wins competition for the second time.
• New Mexico earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and reached its highest placement since Mai Shanley won in the previous year.
• Illinois earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
• Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the third time. The last time it placed this was in 1983.
• Minnesota earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
• Texas placed for the eleventh consecutive year.
• Oklahoma placed for the third consecutive year.
• Illinois, Missouri and New Mexico made their second consecutive placement.
• Louisiana last placed in 1983.
• Hawaii and Massachusetts last placed in 1982.
• Arizona last placed in 1981.
• Minnesota last placed in 1980.

  Delegates

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Height	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Allison Sawyer	Birmingham	20
Alaska	Kari Moore	Fairbanks	18
Arizona	Michelle Ducote	Tempe	22		Top 10
Arkansas	Susan Dean	Osceola	23
California	Zina Ponder	Long Beach	22
Colorado	Lynnette Jessen	Denver	23				Previously Miss Colorado 1981
Connecticut	Adrianne Hazelwood	Hamden	18				Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984
Delaware	Sheila Saints	Wilmington	21
District of Columbia	Christal Chacon	Washington, D.C.	18
Florida	Barbi Losh	North Miami Beach	21
Georgia	Amanda Smith	Smyrna	24
Hawaii	Tina Machado	Honolulu	25		Top 10
Idaho	Sheri Rose	Boise	24
Illinois	Laura Bach	Elmhurst	23		2nd runner-up
Indiana	Theresa Hobbs	Bloomington	23
Iowa	Devin Steinberg	Manson	21
Kansas	Jill Denzin	Leawood	21
Kentucky	Robyn Overbey	Calvert City	24			Miss Photogenic
Louisiana	Sarie Joubert	Shreveport	22		3rd runner-up
Maine	Tracie Samara	Portland	22
Maryland	Christine Marie	Baldwin	20
Massachusetts	Mercedes Waggoner	Boston	21		Top 10
Michigan	Nancy Mazuro	Washington	17
Minnesota	Kari Lee Johnson	Minneapolis	20		4th runner-up
Mississippi	Camille Gilliland	Meridian	19
Missouri	Amy Coverdale	Columbia	22		Top 10
Montana	Julie Knox	Bozeman	19
Nebraska	Lori Straight	Omaha	20
Nevada	Alicia Berger	Las Vegas	19				Entertainment reporter for KVBC-DT and regular contributor for Access Hollywood
New Hampshire	Janice LaCroix	Manchester	21
New Jersey	Francie Knapp	Linwood	24
New Mexico	Brenda Denton	Hobbs	21		1st runner-up		Represented the United States in Miss World 1985 where she placed as Second Runner Up
New York	Lovey King	Yonkers	20
North Carolina	Kate Kenney	Raleigh	23
North Dakota	Regina Schatz	Fargo	22
Ohio	Lisa Barlow	Vandalia	22
Oklahoma	Sophia Henderson	Tulsa	21		Top 10
Oregon	Jodi Unruh	Eugene	20
Pennsylvania	Sandi Ferguson	Jefferson Hills	18
Rhode Island	Dana Wilson	Riverside	21
South Carolina	Ann Margarete Hughes	Summerville	23
South Dakota	Stacey Arnold	Rapid City	21
Tennessee	Marty Browning	Chattanooga	24			Miss Congeniality	First deaf Miss USA contestant.
Texas	Laura Harring	El Paso	21		Winner		Born in Mexico
Utah	Kim Thompson	Salt Lake City	18
Vermont	Angie Cummingham	Rutland	20
Virginia	Dana Bryant	Richmond	18
Washington	Sherry Rials	Bellevue	23
West Virginia	Lorre Lewis	Barboursville	20
Wisconsin	Deborah Lynn Strauss	Thiensville	22
Wyoming	Wendy Hartwigsen	Gillette	19

Judges

• Breck Jamieson
• Patricia Maxwell
• Rory Calhoun
• Robert Hirschfeld
• Jean Ruth Scott
• Syd Mead
• Jimmy Messina
• Terri Utley, Miss USA 1982 from Arkansas
• Martha Smith
• Eric Dickerson
• Richard Anderson