Miss USA 1985 was the 34th Miss USA pageant, televised live from the Lakeland Civic Auditorium in Lakeland, Florida on May 13, 1985, in honor of the city's centennial anniversary with a special cameo appearance by Mayor Thomas R. Shaw. At the conclusion of the final competition, Laura Harring of Texas was crowned Miss USA 1985 by outgoing titleholder Mai Shanley of New Mexico.
Harring was the first Latina to win the crown. She later became an actress, appearing in a number of films including Mulholland Drive and as John Travolta's character's wife in The Punisher.
Results
Placements Final results Contestant Miss USA 1985 Texas - Laura Harring1st Runner-Up New Mexico - Brenda Denton2nd Runner-Up Illinois - Laura Ann Bach3rd Runner-Up Louisiana - Sarie Joubert4th Runner-Up Minnesota - Kari Lee JohnsonTop 10 Arizona - Michelle Ducote Hawaii - Tina Machado Massachusetts - Mercedes Waggoner Missouri - Amy Ruth Coverdale Oklahoma - Sophia Henderson Delegates The Miss USA 1985 delegates were: StateNameHometownAge1Notes Alabama Allison Sawyer Birmingham 20 Alaska Kari Moore Fairbanks 18 Arizona Michelle Ducote Tempe 22 Arkansas Susan Dean Osceola 23 California Zina Ponder Long Beach 22 Colorado Lynnette Jessen Denver 23 Previously Miss Colorado 1981 Connecticut Adrianne Hazelwood Hamden 18 Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984 Delaware Sheila Saints Wilmington 21 District of Columbia Christal Chacon Washington, D.C. 18 Florida Barbi Losh North Miami Beach 21 Georgia Amanda Smith Smyrna 24 Hawaii Tina Machado Honolulu 25 Idaho Sheri Rose Boise 24 Illinois Laura Bach Elmhurst 23 Indiana Theresa Hobbs Bloomington 23 Iowa Devin Steinberg Manson 21 Kansas Jill Denzin Leawood 21 Kentucky Robyn Overbey Calvert City 24 Louisiana Sarie Joubert Shreveport 22 Maine Tracie Samara Portland 22 Maryland Christine Marie Baldwin 20 Massachusetts Mercedes Waggoner Boston 21 Michigan Nancy Mazuro Washington 17 Minnesota Kari Lee Johnson Minneapolis 20 Mississippi Camille Gilliland Meridian 19 Missouri Amy Coverdale Columbia 22 Montana Julie Knox Bozeman 19 Nebraska Lori Straight Omaha 20 Nevada Alicia Berger Las Vegas 19 Entertainment reporter for KVBC-DT and regular contributor for Access Hollywood New Hampshire Janice LaCroix Manchester 21 Originally first runner-up after Rhonda Niles dethroned due to stealing clothes during the state pageant competition New Jersey Francie Knapp Linwood 24 New Mexico Brenda Denton Hobbs 21 Represented the United States in Miss World 1985 where she placed as Second Runner Up New York Lovey King Yonkers 20 North Carolina Kate Kenney Raleigh 23 North Dakota Regina Schatz Fargo 22 Ohio Lisa Barlow Vandalia 22 Oklahoma Sophia Henderson Tulsa 21 Oregon Jodi Unruh Eugene 20 Pennsylvania Sandi Ferguson Jefferson Hills 18 Rhode Island Dana Wilson Riverside 21 South Carolina Ann Margarete Hughes Summerville 23 South Dakota Stacey Arnold Rapid City 21 Tennessee Martha Browning Chattanooga 24 First deaf Miss USA contestant. Texas Laura Harring El Paso 21 Born in Mexico Utah Kim Thompson Salt Lake City 18 Vermont Angie Cummingham Rutland 20 Virginia Dana Bryant Richmond 18 Washington Sherry Rials Bellevue 23 West Virginia Lorre Lewis Barboursville 20 Wisconsin Deborah Lynn Strauss Thiensville 22 Wyoming Wendy Hartwigsen Gillette 19
See also Miss Universe 1985 Miss Teen USA 1985
References
External links Official website