Miss America 1981
Miss America 1981 | |
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Date | September 6, 1980 |
Presenters | Ron Ely |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner |
Susan Powell![]() |
Miss America 1981, the 54th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1980 on NBC Network.
Results
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss America 1981 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up (tie) |
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2nd runner-up (tie) |
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4th runner-up | |
Top 10 |
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Delegates
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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![]() | Paige Phillips | Leeds | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent | |||
![]() | Sandra Lashbrook | Eagle River | |||||
![]() | Brenda Strong | Tempe | |||||
![]() | Lencola Sullivan | Morrilton | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | First African-American contestant to place as a runner-up at Miss America | ||
![]() | Robin Brooks | Elverta | |||||
![]() | Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Jeanne Caruso | Trumbull | Top 10 | ||||
![]() | Andra Lee Dickerson | Newark | |||||
![]() | Caroline Dungan | Bradenton | |||||
![]() | Lynn Smith | Savannah | |||||
![]() | Kanoelehua Cook | Aiea | |||||
![]() | Leslie Taylor | Burley | |||||
![]() | Blythe Sawyer | Naperville | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Teri Kardatzke | Anderson | |||||
![]() | Jane Patton | Council Bluffs | |||||
![]() | K. Leann Folsom | Wichita | |||||
![]() | Daphne Cochran | Louisville | |||||
![]() | Martha "Missy" Crews | Baton Rouge | |||||
![]() | Valerie Crooker | Brunswick | Miss Maine USA 1979 | ||||
![]() | Lisa Marie Daskal | Cumberland | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Amy Linder | Lowell | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Heidi Hepler | Livonia | |||||
![]() | Debra Goodwin | Austin | Preliminary Swimsuit, Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Donna Pope | McNeil | 2nd runner-up (tie) | Preliminary Swimsuit | |||
![]() | Carla LaFevre | Harrisonville | |||||
![]() | Lilly Cruise | Miles City | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Paula Louise Mitchell | Norfolk | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Phyllis Hamlin | Reno | |||||
![]() | Diane McGarry | Manchester | |||||
![]() | Therese Hanley | Jersey City | 2nd runner-up (tie) | ||||
![]() | Teresa Elizabeth Anderson | Hobbs | |||||
![]() | Cheryl Flanagan | Rochester | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent | |||
![]() | Janet Black | Kannapolis | Non-finalist Talent | Top 5 at Maid of Cotton 1980 | |||
![]() | Karen Moe | Minot | |||||
![]() | Kathy Vernon | Youngstown | Top 10 | ||||
![]() | Susan Powell | Elk City | Miss America 1981 | Preliminary Talent (tie) | |||
![]() | Teresa Richardson | Forest Grove | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Anita Ellen Patton | Lebanon | |||||
![]() | Dawn Potter | Pascoag | |||||
![]() | Donna Jewell | Columbia | |||||
![]() | Carol Barnett | Sioux Falls | |||||
![]() | Sarah Leonard | Jonesborough | |||||
![]() | Terri Eoff | Lubbock | Top 10 | ||||
![]() | Jean Bullard | Provo | |||||
![]() | Carole Spolar | St. Albans | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
![]() | Holly Jereme | Roanoke | |||||
![]() | Doris Hayes | Tacoma | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent | First African-American preliminary winner | ||
![]() | Pamela Ellen Paugh | Charleston | Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey, Sister of Miss West Virginia 1977 | ||||
![]() | Dana Spychalla | Appleton | |||||
![]() | Susan Pennington | Casper |
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