Miss USA 1993

Miss USA 1993
Miss USA 1993
Date	February 19, 1993
Presenters	Dick Clark; Leeza Gibbons; Courtney Gibbs;
Venue	Century II Convention Center, Wichita, Kansas
Broadcaster	CBS, KWCH-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	12
Winner	Kenya Moore; Michigan
Congeniality	Stacey Blaine (Massachusetts)
Photogenic	Kelly Hu (Hawaii])
	← 1992 1994 →

Miss USA 1993 was the 42nd Miss USA pageant, televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on February 19, 1993. At the conclusion of the final competition, Kenya Moore of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shannon Marketic of California. Moore became the second Miss USA titleholder from Michigan and the second African-American winner ever. The pageant was held in Wichita, Kansas, for the fourth and last consecutive year, and was hosted by Dick Clark for the final time, with color commentary by Leeza Gibbons (also for the final time) and Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA 1988.

This was also the last time the State Costume competition took place and would not return until twenty-eight years later in 2021, under a different organization.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA 1993	Michigan – Kenya Moore
1st Runner-Up	Georgia – Erin Nance
2nd Runner-Up	Kansas – Tavia Shackles
Top 6	Hawaii – Kelly Hu New Jersey – Amy Fissel Pennsylvania – Kimmarie Johnson
Top 12	California – Jane Olvera Iowa – Jan Hoyer New York – Wendy Mock South Carolina – Kelli Gosnell Tennessee – Cammy Gregory † Texas – Angie Sisk

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Massachusetts – Stacey Blaine
Miss Photogenic	Hawaii – Kelly Hu
Best State Costume	Kansas – Tavia Shackles
Most Beautiful Eyes	Kansas – Tavia Shackles
Best in Swimsuit	Georgia – Erin Nance

Delegates

The Miss USA 1993 delegates were :

State	Candidate	Age	Hometown	Regional Group ^[1]
Alabama	Toni Johnson	22	Montgomery	South
Alaska	Teresa Gates	23	Anchorage	Northwest
Arizona	Apryl Hettich		Scottsdale	Southwest
Arkansas	Kati Fish		Hot Springs	South
California	Jane Olvera^[2]	23	Fresno	Southwest
Colorado	Janna Durbin	21	Golden	Southwest
Connecticut	Alison Benusis		Ridgefield	Northeast
Delaware	Annmarie Correll		Hockessin	Northeast
District of Columbia	Alena Neves		Washington, DC	Northeast
Florida	Shakeela Gajadha		Coral Gables	South
Georgia	Erin Nance	21	Calhoun	South
Hawaii	Kelly Ann Hu	24	Honolulu	Southwest
Idaho	Natalie Nukaya		Idaho Falls	Northwest
Illinois	Susie Park	25	Chicago	Midwest
Indiana	Lisa Higgins		South Bend	Midwest
Iowa	Jan Hoyer		Fort Madison	Midwest
Kansas	Tavia Shackles	21	Shawnee	Midwest
Kentucky	Karen Gibson		Kevil	South
Louisiana	Jennifer Mitchell^[3]		Leesville	South
Maine	Jody Cutting		Waterville	Northeast
Maryland	Mary Ann Cimino	20	Baltimore	Northeast
Massachusetts	Stacey Blaine^[4]		Bellingham	Northeast
Michigan	Kenya Summer Moore	22	Detroit	Midwest
Minnesota	Kristi Hennecks^[5]		Anoka	Midwest
Mississippi	Sherry Bowles		Lambert	South
Missouri	Stephanie Nunn	20	Marshfield	Midwest
Montana	Kristen Anderson	24	Columbia Falls	Northwest
Nebraska	Tish Gade		Lincoln	Midwest
Nevada	Alexis Oliver^[6]		Las Vegas	Southwest
New Hampshire	Heidi Cambra	25	Hampstead	Northeast
New Jersey	Amy Fissel	25	Ocean City	Northeast
New Mexico	Daniela Johnson	22	Albuquerque	Southwest
New York	Wendy Marie Mock	21	Levittown	Northeast
North Carolina	Christa Tyson		Monroe	South
North Dakota	Jennifer Seminary	24	Fargo	Midwest
Ohio	Andrea Pacione		North Royalton	Midwest
Oklahoma	Brenda Caudle		Oklahoma City	South
Oregon	Dawn Kennedy^[7]		Lake Oswego	Northwest
Pennsylvania	Kimmarie Johnson		Pittsburgh	Northeast
Rhode Island	Juli Roach		Wakefield	Northeast
South Carolina	Kelli Gosnell	22	Pacolet	South
South Dakota	Kara Rovere	22	Sturgis	Midwest
Tennessee	Camila 'Cammy' Gregory †	25	Paris	South
Texas	Angie Sisk^[8]	26	Houston	Southwest
Utah	Natalie Pyper	24	Salt Lake City	Southwest
Vermont	Jodi Sicely		Burlington	Northeast
Virginia	Stephanie Satterfield^[9]	19	Virginia Beach	South
Washington	Kandi Fletcher		Longview	Northwest
West Virginia	Jennifer Johnson		Huntington	South
Wisconsin	Heather Hanson	20	Madison/Cascade	Midwest
Wyoming	Leissann Marie Stolz		Cheyenne	Northwest

State notes

This was the first year that Kimberly Greenwood, Miss Tennessee USA 1989, directed the Miss Tennessee USA pageant.^[10] She remains the director for Tennessee, and also for Georgia, and has produced two Miss USA winners.
This was the third out of seven years that introducing the delegates in regions. However, this was the first year that the states and the regions was designated differently from the United States Census Bureau.^[11] (See List of regions in the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions for more information about the regions.)

References

^ The groups in the table are based on the parade of states segment in the show.
^ "Fresno entrant named Miss California USA". The Press-Enterprise. 1992-10-25.
^ "LSU student to be part of pageant". The Baton Rouge Advocate. 1993-02-19.
^ McDonald, Carol (1992-11-30). "6th time a winner for pageant contestant". Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
^ Freeborn, Dan (1992-11-19). "She's got her cap set for an education // `No. 1 priority is school,' says Miss Minnesota USA". Star-Tribune Newspaper of the Twin Cities Mpls.-St. Paul.
^ McCabe, George (1992-02-13). "Miss Nevada USA says her age may help in first big pageant". The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
^ "Dawn Kennedy captures Miss Oregon USA title". Portland Oregonian. 1992-12-24.
^ Associated Press (1992-07-22). "Miss Texas USA named". Houston Chronicle.
^ "Stephanie Satterfield Miss Virginia USA". The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star. 1993-01-27.
^ "Kimberly Payne Greenwood named as Miss Tennessee USA Director". Business Wire. 1992-05-28.
^ For example, In that year Texas was in the southwest region, while in 1991, 1992 and according to the Census Bureau, Texas was in the south region, etc)

External links

Official website

[1] The groups in the table are based on the parade of states segment in the show.

[2] "Fresno entrant named Miss California USA". The Press-Enterprise. 1992-10-25.

[3] "LSU student to be part of pageant". The Baton Rouge Advocate. 1993-02-19.

[4] McDonald, Carol (1992-11-30). "6th time a winner for pageant contestant". Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

[5] Freeborn, Dan (1992-11-19). "She's got her cap set for an education // `No. 1 priority is school,' says Miss Minnesota USA". Star-Tribune Newspaper of the Twin Cities Mpls.-St. Paul.

[6] McCabe, George (1992-02-13). "Miss Nevada USA says her age may help in first big pageant". The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

[7] "Dawn Kennedy captures Miss Oregon USA title". Portland Oregonian. 1992-12-24.

[8] Associated Press (1992-07-22). "Miss Texas USA named". Houston Chronicle.

[9] "Stephanie Satterfield Miss Virginia USA". The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star. 1993-01-27.

[10] "Kimberly Payne Greenwood named as Miss Tennessee USA Director". Business Wire. 1992-05-28.

[11] For example, In that year Texas was in the southwest region, while in 1991, 1992 and according to the Census Bureau, Texas was in the south region, etc)

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