Miss America 1991

Miss America 1991
Date	September 8, 1990
Presenters	Gary Collins Phyllis George Bert Parks (guest host)
Entertainment	Clint Holmes
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	NBC
Winner	Marjorie Vincent  Illinois
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Miss America 1991, the 64th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 8, 1990. It was telecast live on NBC.

The pageant was won by Marjorie Vincent, Miss Illinois. She was the first winner of Haitian descent, and would later briefly serve as chairwoman of the board of directors of the Miss America Organization.^[1]

With 1991 being the 70th anniversary of the Miss America pageant, longtime host Bert Parks was invited back to sing "There She Is, Miss America" to Vincent after she was crowned.

Results[edit]

Placements[edit]

Order of announcements[edit]

Awards[edit]

Preliminary awards[edit]

Non-finalist awards[edit]

Quality of Life awards[edit]

Fruit of the Loom Award[edit]

Delegates[edit]

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Resha Riggins			Vocal "Cry"		Non-Finalist Interview Award
Alaska	Holly Ann Salo			Vocal "More" from Dick Tracy
Arizona	Kimberly Hoskins			Ballet en Pointe "Symphony of the Seas"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Arkansas	Karissa Rushing			Vocal "With a Song in My Heart"
California	Maria Lee Ostapiej			Classical Vocal Medley "The Phantom of the Opera" & "Angel of Music"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Colorado	Karrie Mitchell			Popular Vocal "Vision of Love"	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Connecticut	Bianca Yasmin Salahshourian			Vocal "Part of Your World"
Delaware	Lisa Marie Munzert			Dance / Twirling "They're Playing Our Song"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Florida	Dana Reinhart Dalton			Dramatic Vocal "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Georgia	Darla Michele Pruett			Vocal "Some Enchanted Evening"		Non-Finalist Interview Award
Hawaii	Cheryl Akemi Toma			Piano / Vocal "Gershwin Medley"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Idaho	Kendra Lee Ruwe			Fiddle "Miss Sally Goodin"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Illinois	Marjorie Vincent	Oak Park	25	Classical Piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu"	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award
Indiana	Brenda Alyce Bassett			Character Ballet en Pointe
Iowa	Kerri Lynne Rosenberg			Classical Vocal "Ah, Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette	Top 10
Kansas	Kim Dugger			Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Kentucky	Nancy Cox	Campbellsville	23	Popular Vocal "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
Louisiana	Linnea Marie Fayard	Shreveport		Vocal "Stormy Weather"	4th runner-up
Maine	Ann Rowe			Vocal "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables
Maryland	Kimberly Ann Grimm			Vocal "One, Two, Three Say You Love Me"
Massachusetts	Marissa Laakso			Character Tap Dance "Mr. Bojangles"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Michigan	Victoria Fair			Classical Vocal "Habanera" from Carmen
Minnesota	Brenda Lee Armstrong			Harp Solo "La Source" by Alphonse Hasselmans
Mississippi	Beth Howell			Magic Act		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Missouri	Sherry Traylor			Vocal "What's New"
Montana	Karen L McNenny			Classical Ballet en Pointe "Coppélia"
Nebraska	Michelle Ebadi			Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" & "Puttin' On the Ritz"
Nevada	Tia Marie Zorne			Acro-Jazz Dance "Julie's Theme" from American Anthem
New Hampshire	Melanie Denise Bridges			Vocal "Let's Hear It for Me" from Funny Lady
New Jersey	Lynette Falls			Classical Piano "4th Movement of Piano Sonaa No. 1, Op. 22" by Alberto Ginastera
New Mexico	Jana McCoy			Vocal "The Gypsy in My Soul"
New York	Maryalice Demler	Buffalo	26	Dramatic Soliloquy "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?" from The King and I
North Carolina	Scarlet Morgan			Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte		Preliminary Talent Award Non-Finalist Talent Award
North Dakota	Lezlie Lund			Vocal "Time Heals Everything" from Mack and Mabel
Ohio	Kristi Cooke			Vocal "Nothing" from A Chorus Line
Oklahoma	Cynthia Lynne White			Piano Solo "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"	Top 10
Oregon	Brittny Gae Thompson			Vocal "Break It to Me Gently"
Pennsylvania	Marla Wynne			Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)"	Top 10
Rhode Island	Susan Emily Savastano			Tap Dance "All Right"
South Carolina	Mary Waddell Gainey			Marimba "Scherzo for Marimba in C"	1st runner-up
South Dakota	Jennifer Palmquist			Dramatic Monologue
Tennessee	Dana Brown			Vocal & Piano "The Glory of Love" & "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby"	2nd runner-up
Texas	Suzanne Lawrence			Country Vocal "Sweet Dreams"	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award Quality of Life Award Winner
Utah	Jennifer Nakken			Lyrical Dance "The Sound of Music"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Vermont	Debra Lewin			Dance
Virginia	Shannon Noelle DePuy			Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude"	Top 10		Miss Florida USA 1995 and Top 6 at Miss USA 1995
Washington	Lynnae Marie Thurik			Classical Piano Piece by Sergei Rachmaninoff
West Virginia	Melissa Lynn Costello			Vocal "Hurt"		Fruit of the Loom Award
Wisconsin	Tricia Ann Luedtke			Classical Piano "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
Wyoming	Carolie DeVonne Howe			Vocal "My Heart Belongs to Me"

Judges[edit]

• Delta Burke
• John Forsythe
• Shirley Jones
• Larry King
• Sidney Sheldon
• Cynthia Sikes
• Nell Carter

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Miss America official website