Miss USA 1984


Miss USA 1984, the 33rd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from Lakeland Civic Auditorium, Lakeland, Florida on May 17, 1984. At the conclusion of the final competition, Mai Shanley of New Mexico was crowned Miss USA 1984 by outgoing titleholder Julie Hayek of California.
The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker. It was the first time the pageant had been held in Florida since 1971, the last time the pageant had been held in its old home of Miami Beach.
In an odd occurrence, both women in the top two had previously competed at Miss America, neither one of whom placed at that pageant.

Results

Placements

Final Competition

Historical significance

  • New Mexico wins competition for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1965. Also becoming in the 22nd state who does it for the first time.
  • West Virginia earns the 1st runner-up position for the second time and it reaches again its highest placement ever at the contest. The last time it placed this was in 1957.
  • Tennessee earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1962.
  • Missouri earns the 3rd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1971.
  • District of Columbia earns the 4th runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1965.
  • States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Oklahoma and Texas.
  • Texas placed for the tenth consecutive year.
  • Oklahoma made its second consecutive placement.
  • Tennessee last placed in 1982.
  • New Mexico last placed in 1980.
  • Illinois and North Carolina last placed in 1979.
  • District of Columbia last placed in 1977.
  • Missouri and Oregon last placed in 1976.
  • West Virginia last placed in 1961.
  • Michigan breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1982.

    Delegates

The Miss USA 1984 delegates were:
  • Alabama - Kelly Flowers
  • Alaska - Sherri McNeally
  • Arizona - Daria Sparling
  • Arkansas - Shelly Boyd
  • California - Theresa Ring
  • Colorado - Michelle Anderson
  • Connecticut - Lynne Scalo
  • Delaware - Denise Lennick
  • District of Columbia - Steffanee Leaming
  • Florida - Stacy Hassfurder
  • Georgia - Jayne Poteet
  • Hawaii - Puna Stillman
  • Idaho - Valencia Bilyeu
  • Illinois - LaVonne Misselle
  • Indiana - Susan Willarbo
  • Iowa - Michele Boisvert
  • Kansas - Elizabeth Johnson
  • Kentucky - Tammy Melendez
  • Louisiana - Rusanne Jourdan
  • Maine - Vickie Lynn Gay
  • Maryland - Betsy Cook
  • Massachusetts - Deborah Neary
  • Michigan - Adriana Krambeck
  • Minnesota - Martha Mork
  • Mississippi - Carla Green
  • Missouri - Sandra Percival
  • Montana - Kristi Ogren
  • Nebraska - Joni Rundall
  • Nevada - Donna Lee McNeil
  • New Hampshire - Diane Gadoury
  • New Jersey - Diane Everett Qualter
  • New Mexico - Mai Shanley
  • New York - Carolina Flury
  • North Carolina - Cookie Noak
  • North Dakota - Suzanne Lewis
  • Ohio - Rosi Erwin
  • Oklahoma - Julia Murdock
  • Oregon - Debbie Epperson
  • Pennsylvania - Tina Albright
  • Rhode Island - Debbie Mowry
  • South Carolina - Ginger Gree
  • South Dakota - Donna Smith
  • Tennessee - Desiree Denise Daniels
  • Texas - Laura Shaw
  • Utah - Michele Lynn Brown
  • Vermont - Sue O'Brien
  • Virginia - Leah Rush
  • Washington - Sue Gerrish
  • West Virginia - Kelly Lea Anderson
  • Wisconsin - Tamara Su Schoff
  • Wyoming - Cheryl Rawson
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