Miss USA 1985

• Texas wins competition for the second time.
• New Mexico earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and reached its highest placement since Mai Shanley won in the previous year.
• Illinois earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
• Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the third time. The last time it placed this was in 1983.
• Minnesota earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
• Texas placed for the eleventh consecutive year.
• Oklahoma placed for the third consecutive year.
• Illinois, Missouri and New Mexico made their second consecutive placement.
• Louisiana last placed in 1983.
• Hawaii and Massachusetts last placed in 1982.
• Arizona last placed in 1981.
• Minnesota last placed in 1980.

The Miss USA 1985 delegates were:[1]

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Height	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Allison Sawyer	Birmingham	20	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Alaska	Kari Moore	Fairbanks	18	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Arizona	Michelle Ducote	Tempe	22	5 ft 10 1⁄2 in (179 cm)	Top 10
Arkansas	Susan Dean	Osceola	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
California	Zina Ponder	Long Beach	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Colorado	Lynnette Jessen	Denver	23	5 ft 8 1⁄2 in (174 cm)			Previously Miss Colorado 1981
Connecticut	Adrianne Hazelwood	Hamden	18	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)			Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984
Delaware	Sheila Saints	Wilmington	21	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
District of Columbia	Christal Chacon	Washington, D.C.	18	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Florida	Barbi Losh	North Miami Beach	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Georgia	Amanda Smith	Smyrna	24	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Hawaii	Tina Machado	Honolulu	25	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Top 10
Idaho	Sheri Rose	Boise	24	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Illinois	Laura Bach	Elmhurst	23	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	2nd runner-up
Indiana	Theresa Hobbs	Bloomington	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Iowa	Devin Steinberg	Manson	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Kansas	Jill Denzin	Leawood	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Kentucky	Robyn Overbey	Calvert City	24	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)		Miss Photogenic
Louisiana	Sarie Joubert	Shreveport	22	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	3rd runner-up
Maine	Tracie Samara	Portland	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Maryland	Christine Marie	Baldwin	20	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Massachusetts	Mercedes Waggoner	Boston	21	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)	Top 10
Michigan	Nancy Mazuro	Washington	17	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Minnesota	Kari Lee Johnson	Minneapolis	20	5 ft 8 1⁄2 in (174 cm)	4th runner-up
Mississippi	Camille Gilliland	Meridian	19	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Missouri	Amy Coverdale	Columbia	22	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Top 10
Montana	Julie Knox	Bozeman	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Nebraska	Lori Straight	Omaha	20	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Nevada	Alicia Berger	Las Vegas	19	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)			Entertainment reporter for KVBC-DT and regular contributor for Access Hollywood
New Hampshire	Janice LaCroix	Manchester	21	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
New Jersey	Francie Knapp	Linwood	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
New Mexico	Brenda Denton	Hobbs	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	1st runner-up		Represented the United States in Miss World 1985 where she placed as Second Runner Up
New York	Lovey King	Yonkers	20	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
North Carolina	Kate Kenney	Raleigh	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
North Dakota	Regina Schatz	Fargo	22	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Ohio	Lisa Barlow	Vandalia	22	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Oklahoma	Sophia Henderson	Tulsa	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Top 10
Oregon	Jodi Unruh	Eugene	20	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Pennsylvania	Sandi Ferguson	Jefferson Hills	18	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Rhode Island	Dana Wilson	Riverside	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
South Carolina	Ann Margarete Hughes	Summerville	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
South Dakota	Stacey Arnold	Rapid City	21	5 ft 5 1⁄2 in (166 cm)
Tennessee	Marty Browning	Chattanooga	24	5 ft 5 1⁄2 in (166 cm)		Miss Congeniality	First deaf Miss USA contestant.[2]
Texas	Laura Harring	El Paso	21	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Winner		Born in Mexico
Utah	Kim Thompson	Salt Lake City	18	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Vermont	Angie Cummingham	Rutland	20	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Virginia	Dana Bryant	Richmond	18	5 ft 7 1⁄2 in (171 cm)
Washington	Sherry Rials	Bellevue	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
West Virginia	Lorre Lewis	Barboursville	20	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Wisconsin	Deborah Lynn Strauss	Thiensville	22	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Wyoming	Wendy Hartwigsen	Gillette	19	5 ft 10 1⁄2 in (179 cm)

• Breck Jamieson
• Patricia Maxwell
• Rory Calhoun
• Robert Hirschfeld
• Jean Ruth Scott
• Syd Mead
• Jimmy Messina
• Terri Utley, Miss USA 1982 from Arkansas
• Martha Smith
• Eric Dickerson
• Richard Anderson

• Miss Universe 1985
• Miss Teen USA 1985

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