Miss USA 1987


Miss USA 1987, the 36th Miss USA pageant, was televised live on February 17 from Albuquerque, New Mexico on CBS. The ceremonies were hosted for the last time by Bob Barker. At the conclusion of the final competition, Michelle Royer of Texas was crowned Miss USA, becoming the third consecutive winner from Texas.

Results

Placements

Final competition score

StatePreliminaryInterviewSwimsuitEvening GownSemifinal Average
Texas9.577 9.654 9.787 9.760 9.733
Florida8.621 9.688 9.241 9.450 9.459
Arizona8.895 9.273 9.400 9.538 9.403
Missouri8.618 9.372 9.433 9.516 9.440
Georgia8.802 9.366 9.366 9.464 9.398
Mississippi8.984 9.400 9.283 9.226 9.303
New Mexico8.847 8.933 8.988 9.133 9.018
Illinois8.577 8.822 8.722 8.911 8.818
Nevada8.577 8.511 9.033 8.777 8.774
West Virginia8.666 8.544 8.698 8.988 8.743
Virginia8.685 8.611 8.600 8.811 8.674

Special awards

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Judges

Host Bob Barker, a fervent animal rights activist, threatened to pull out of the pageant when he discovered that the delegates would be wearing real fur coats during the swimsuit competition segment. As Barker was already in New Mexico at the time, there was no time to find a replacement host and pageant officials agreed to a change. The delegates wore simulated fur for the segment, but real fur was still given as a prize to the Miss USA winner. Barker went on to host the 1987 Miss Universe pageant held in Singapore in May before stepping down for good.