| Miss USA 1985 | |
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| Date | May 13, 1985 |
| Presenters | Bob Barker and Joan Van Ark |
| Entertainment | Kool and The Gang, Lee Greenwood |
| Venue | Lakeland Civic Auditorium, Lakeland, Florida |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Winner | Laura Harring Texas |
| Congeniality | Marty Browning |
| Photogenic | Robyn Overbey |
Miss USA 1985, the 34th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Lakeland Civic Auditorium in Lakeland, Florida on May 13, 1985. At the conclusion of the final competition, Laura Harring of Texas was crowned Miss USA 1985 by outgoing titleholder Mai Shanley of New Mexico
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The Miss USA 1985 delegates were:[1]
| State | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Height | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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| Alabama | Allison Sawyer | Birmingham | 20 | 5'9" | |||
| Alaska | Kari Moore | Fairbanks | 17 | 5'7" | |||
| Arizona | Michelle Ducote | Tempe | 22 | 5'10½" | Top 10 | ||
| Arkansas | Susan Dean | Osceola | 23 | 5'9" | |||
| California | Zina Ponder | Long Beach | 22 | 5'8" | |||
| Colorado | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | 23 | 5'8½" | Previously Miss Colorado 1981 | ||
| Connecticut | Adrianne Hazelwood | Hamden | 17 | 5'8" | Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984 | ||
| Delaware | Sheila Saints | Wilmington | 21 | 5'4" | |||
| District of Columbia | Christal Chacon | Washington, D.C. | 18 | 5'9" | |||
| Florida | Barbi Losh | North Miami Beach | 21 | 5'8" | |||
| Georgia | Amanda Smith | Smyrna | 24 | 5'7" | |||
| Hawaii | Tina Machado | Honolulu | 25 | 5'8" | Top 10 | ||
| Idaho | Sheri Rose | Boise | 24 | 5'7" | |||
| Illinois | Laura Bach | Elmhurst | 23 | 5'7" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Indiana | Theresa Hobbs | Bloomington | 23 | 5'8" | |||
| Iowa | Devin Steinberg | Manson | 21 | 5'8" | |||
| Kansas | Jill Denzin | Leawood | 21 | 5'8" | |||
| Kentucky | Robyn Overbey | Calvert City | 24 | 5'8" | Miss Photogenic | ||
| Louisiana | Sarie Joubert | Shreveport | 22 | 5'9" | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Maine | Tracie Samara | Portland | 22 | 5'8" | |||
| Maryland | Christine Marie | Baldwin | 20 | 5'6" | |||
| Massachusetts | Mercedes Waggoner | Boston | 21 | 5'5" | Top 10 | ||
| Michigan | Nancy Mazuro | Washington | 17 | 5'10" | |||
| Minnesota | Kari Lee Johnson | Minneapolis | 20 | 5'8½" | 4th runner-up | ||
| Mississippi | Camille Gilliland | Meridian | 19 | 5'8" | |||
| Missouri | Amy Coverdale | Columbia | 22 | 5'10" | Top 10 | ||
| Montana | Julie Knox | Bozeman | 19 | 5'10" | |||
| Nebraska | Lori Straight | Omaha | 20 | 5'8" | |||
| Nevada | Alicia Berger | Las Vegas | 19 | 5'7" | Entertainment reporter for KVBC-DT and regular contributor for Access Hollywood | ||
| New Hampshire | Janice LaCroix | Manchester | 21 | 5'6" | |||
| New Jersey | Francie Knapp | Linwood | 24 | 5'9" | |||
| New Mexico | Brenda Denton | Hobbs | 21 | 5'10" | 1st runner-up | ||
| New York | Lovey King | Yonkers | 20 | 5'9" | |||
| North Carolina | Kate Kenney | Raleigh | 23 | 5'8" | |||
| North Dakota | Regina Schatz | Fargo | 22 | 5'7" | |||
| Ohio | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | 22 | 5'6" | |||
| Oklahoma | Sophia Henderson | Tulsa | 21 | 5'9" | Top 10 | ||
| Oregon | Jodi Unruh | Eugene | 20 | 5'5" | |||
| Pennsylvania | Sandi Ferguson | Jefferson Hills | 18 | 5'7" | |||
| Rhode Island | Dana Wilson | Riverside | 21 | 5'8" | |||
| South Carolina | Ann Margarete Hughes | Summerville | 23 | 5'8" | |||
| South Dakota | Stacey Arnold | Rapid City | 21 | 5'5½" | |||
| Tennessee | Marty Browning | Chattanooga | 24 | 5'5½" | Miss Congeniality | First deaf Miss USA contestant.[2] | |
| Texas | Laura Herring | El Paso | 21 | 5'7" | Winner | Born in Mexico | |
| Utah | Kim Thompson | Salt Lake City | 18 | 5'10" | |||
| Vermont | Angie Cummingham | Rutland | 20 | 5'7" | |||
| Virginia | Dana Bryant | Richmond | 18 | 5'7½" | |||
| Washington | Sherry Rials | Bellevue | 23 | 5'9" | |||
| West Virginia | Lorre Lewis | Barboursville | 20 | 5'8" | |||
| Wisconsin | Deborah Lynn Strauss | Thiensville | 22 | 5'6" | |||
| Wyoming | Wendy Hartwigsen | Gillette | 19 | 5'10½" |
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