Miss USA 1996

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Miss USA 1996
Date: February 2, 1996
Presenters: Bob Goen
Mary Monfort
Venue: South Padre Island, Texas
Broadcaster: ABC
Winner: Ali Landry
Represented: State flag Louisiana
Congeniality: Ku'ualoha Taylor
Photogenic: Ali Landry

Miss USA 1996, the forty-fifth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 2, 1996.

The pageant was won by Ali Landry of Louisiana, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shanna Moakler of New York.[1]

The pageant was held on South Padre Island for the third and final time. It was hosted by Bob Goen for the third time, and Mary Monfort offered colour commentary. Aaron Neville provided entertainment during the competition.

This was the first year that the Miss Universe Organization opened a website dedicated to the pageant, and the first time they instituted an internet vote to choose the winner of the Miss Photogenic award.[2]

It was also the first time in many years there were 10 semifinalists, instead of the usual 12.

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

The title of Miss USA 1996 was awarded to Ali Landry of Louisiana. The runners-up were:

The remaining top six finalists were:

The other top ten semi-finalists were (in order of placement): Tracy Kennick (Miss Utah USA), Holly Roehl (Miss Indiana USA), Kara Williams (Miss Texas USA), and Berndette Przybycien (Miss Illinois USA).

[edit] Special awards

Placement List
Order Preliminaries Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Top 6 Interview Final Placement
01 Kansas Kansas Kansas Tennesseee Kansas Louisiana Louisiana
02 Tennessee Louisiana North Dakota Kansas Louisiana Kansas Kansas
03 Louisiana North Dakota Michigan Oklahoma North Dakota Tennessee Tennessee
04 Indiana Utah Tennessee Louisiana Tennessee North Dakota
05 Michigan Michigan Louisiana Louisiana North Dakota Michigan
06 Oklahoma Oklahoma Utah Indiana Michigan Oklahoma
07 North Dakota Illinois Indiana Utah Utah
08 Utah Tennessee Oklahoma Texas Indiana
09 Illinois Texas Texas Illinois Texas
10 Texas Indiana Illinois Michigan Illinois
     The contestant is Miss USA
     The contestant placed first runner-up
     The contestant placed second runner-up
     The contestant placed in the top six
     The contestant placed in the top twelve

[edit] Scores

Preliminaries

  • 9.47 Kansas
  • 9.19 Tennessee
  • 9.18 Louisiana
  • 9.17 Indiana
  • 9.08 Michigan
  • 9.08 Oklahoma
  • 9.07 North Dakota
  • 9.07 Utah
  • 9.04 Illinois
  • 8.98 Texas

Interview

  • 9.74 Kansas
  • 9.51 Louisiana
  • 9.47 North Dakota
  • 9.43 Utah
  • 9.42 Michigan
  • 9.41 Oklahoma
  • 9.40 Illinois
  • 9.39 Tennessee
  • 9.39 Texas
  • 9.34 Indiana

Swimsuit

  • 9.83 Kansas
  • 9.69 North Dakota
  • 9.61 Michigan
  • 9.61 Tennessee
  • 9.59 Louisiana
  • 9.53 Utah
  • 9.51 Indiana
  • 9.50 Oklahoma
  • 9.49 Texas
  • 9.45 Illinois

Evening Gown

  • 9.83 Tennessee
  • 9.82 Kansas
  • 9.77 Oklahoma
  • 9.76 Louisiana
  • 9.66 North Dakota
  • 9.64 Indiana
  • 9.58 Utah
  • 9.58 Texas
  • 9.53 Illinois
  • 9.50 Michigan

Average:

  • 9.80 Kansas
  • 9.62 Louisiana
  • 9.61 North Dakota
  • 9.61 Tennessee
  • 9.56 Oklahoma
  • 9.51 Michigan
  • 9.51 Utah
  • 9.50 Indiana
  • 9.49 Texas
  • 9.46 Illinois

Finalist interview:

  • 9.82 Louisiana
  • 9.80 Kansas
  • 9.75 Tennessee
  • 9.66 North Dakota
  • 9.63 Michigan
  • 9.63 Oklahoma

[edit] Delegates

The Miss USA 1996 delegates were:

[edit] Crossovers

Eight delegates had previously competed in either the Miss Teen USA or Miss America pageants.

Delegates who had previously held a Miss Teen USA state title were:

Delegates who had previously held a Miss America state title were:

[edit] Judges

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Breaux Bridge woman crowned Miss USA", Saturday State Times/Morning Advocate, 1996-02-03, p. 7-A.
  2. ^ Arrillaga, Pauline. "Miss USA pageant opens inaugural site on Internet", The Dallas Morning News, 1996-01-01, p. 14D.

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

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