Miss USA 1983

Results

Placements

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Dana Ruth Mintzer
• Miss Photogenic: Lisa Allred

  Final competition scores

Historical significance

• California wins competition for the fourth time.
• Texas earns the 1st runner-up position for the fifth time and repeats the same position as the past year 1982.
• South Carolina earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1969.
• Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1968.
• North Dakota earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Michigan and Texas.
• Texas placed for the ninth consecutive year.
• Michigan made its second consecutive placement.
• California, Georgia and Louisiana last placed in 1981.
• New York and South Carolina last placed in 1980.
• Washington last placed in 1979.
• Oklahoma and Pennsylvania last placed in 1978.
• Nevada last placed in 1977.
• North Dakota last placed in 1966.
• Hawaii, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia break an ongoing streak of placements since 1981.
• Maryland breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1980.

  Delegates

• Alabama – Teri Lane
• Alaska – Amy Harms
• Arizona – Sindy Hedden
• Arkansas – Debra Baltz
• California – Julie Hayek
• Colorado – Lisa Gay Trujillo
• Connecticut – Mary Lynn Seleman
• Delaware – Shelley Perkins
• District of Columbia – Julie Warner
• Florida – Janet Chesser
• Georgia – Dotsy Timm
• Hawaii – Zoe Roach
• Idaho – Kerry Damiano
• Illinois – Vanessa Romine
• Indiana – Toni Yudt
• Iowa – Dana Ruth Mintzer
• Kansas – Renee Ruch
• Kentucky – Lee Ann Austin
• Louisiana – Pamela Jo Forrest
• Maine – Rosemarie Hemond
• Maryland – Shawn Keller
• Massachusetts – Robin Silva
• Michigan – Kimberly Mexicotte
• Minnesota – Carolyn Mattson
• Mississippi – Becky Case
• Missouri – Robin Riley
• Montana – Barbara Bowman
• Nebraska – Penelope Boynton
• Nevada – Christa Daniel
• New Hampshire – Lynn Stockwell
• New Jersey – Ann Marie Brucato
• New Mexico – Kristin Larsen
• New York – Jennifer Mikelinich
• North Carolina – Allison Pinson
• North Dakota – Elizabeth Jaeger
• Ohio – Gina Gangale
• Oklahoma – Mignon Merchant
• Oregon – Shelly Kiser
• Pennsylvania – Julie Page
• Rhode Island – Allegra Hendricks
• South Carolina – Allison Grisso
• South Dakota – Kelly Rosenbaum
• Tennessee – Ladonna Jean Friday
• Texas – Lisa Allred
• Utah – Launa Lewis
• Vermont – Leslie Lucchina
• Virginia – Tanquil Collins
• Washington – Kathi Tucker
• West Virginia – Jill Rigsby
• Wisconsin – Susan Peters
• Wyoming – Joanie Engstrom

Contestant notes

• Dana Ruth Mintzer, won Miss Congeniality at both the state and national competition, 1983
• Lisa Allred, 1st runner-up, went on to compete in Miss World 1983
• Three contestants went on to compete in the Miss America pageant:
• *Elizabeth Jaegar – Miss North Dakota 1985
• *Mignon Merchant – Miss Oklahoma 1986
• *Robin Riley – Miss Missouri 1987
• *Joanne Stanulonis Justina – Miss Connecticut 1983

  Judges

• Monique Van Vooren
• John Goodis
• Kim Seelbrede, Miss USA 1981 from Ohio
• Ed Marinaro
• Maxine Messinger
• Kevin Conway
• Barbara Peterson, Miss USA 1976 from Minnesota
• Vince Ferragamo
• Joanie Gregons
• Harry Blackstone Jr.
• Chico Hamilton