Miss America 1979 Candidates

Alabama — Teresa Cheatham
Alaska — Patty-Jo Gentry
Arizona — Susan Kohler
Arkansas — Naylene Vuurens
California — Christine Acton
Colorado — Catherine Loraine Brown
Connecticut — Maryalice Flintroy
Delaware — Janice Anne Albro
Florida — Carolyn Cline
Georgia — Deborah Mosley
Hawaii — Elizabeth Kapu’uwailani Lindsey
Idaho — Kimberly Ann Jensen
Illinois — Debra Carlson
Indiana — Terry Jean Kaiser
Iowa — Mary Elizabeth England
Kansas — Lori Ann Bergen
Kentucky — Marcia Malone Bell
Louisiana — Phyllis Kelly
Maine — Linda Marie Carroll
Maryland — Caroline JoAnn Donnelly
Massachusetts — Rowena Jeanette Humphrey
Michigan — Suzanne Marie Schemm
Minnesota — Susan Erickson
Mississippi — Cheri Brown
Missouri — Tamara Leigh Fister
Montana — Vanessa Ochsner
Nebraska — Guylyn Elaine Remmenga
Nevada — Megan Anderson
New Hampshire — Belinda Bridgeman
New Jersey — Laurie Louise Berchtold
New Mexico — Jennifer Leigh Schubert
New York — Paula Ann Pope
North Carolina — Deborah (Debbie) Shook
North Dakota — Sheila Jean Lindeman
Ohio — Sher Lynnette Patrick
Oklahoma — Kendi Lynn Brown
Oregon — Amy Kathleen White
Pennsylvania — Charmaine Kowalski
Rhode Island — Lori Ann Leyden
South Carolina — Diane Toole
South Dakota — Jennifer Lea Holt
Tennessee — Jill Beshears
Texas — Sandi Miller
Utah — Jami Coombs
Vermont — Lisa Volkert
Virginia — Kylene Barker
Washington — Laurie Nelson
West Virginia — Ivy Dee Meadows
Wisconsin — Carin Kizewic
Wyoming — Kim Pring