Miss USA 1977
Miss USA 1977 | |
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Date | May 14, 1977 |
Presenters | Bob Barker and Helen O'Connell |
Entertainment | Bobby Vinton |
Venue | Gillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina |
Broadcaster | CBS, WCSC-TV |
Entrants | 51 |
Placements | 12 |
Winner |
Kimberly Tomes Texas |
Congeniality | Linda Lefevre |
Photogenic | Elizabeth Curran |
Miss USA 1977, the 26th Miss USA pageant, was televised live by CBS from the Gillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina on May 14, 1977.
The pageant was won by Kimberly Tomes of Texas, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Barbara Peterson of Minnesota. Tomes was the first woman from Texas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1977.
Over 4 months later pageant host Bob Barker would start his 3-year run of hosting Price Is Right in syndication, replacing Dennis James.
Results
- Miss USA 1977: Kimberly Tomes (Texas)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Mary O'Neal Contino (Nevada)
- 2nd runner-up: Deborah Cossette (Minnesota)
- 3rd runner-up: Pamela Gergely (California)
- 4th runner-up: Lynn Herring (Virginia)
- The semi-finalists were:
- Toni Abranovic (Arizona)
- Sharon Sutherland (District of Columbia)
- Linda Kerr (Georgia)
- Cely de Castro (Hawaii)
- Tina Brown (Maine)
- Juanita McCarty (New Jersey)
- Denise Funderburk (New Mexico)
Special awards
Delegates
The Miss USA 1977 delegates were:
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External links
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