Miss America 1983, the 56th Miss America pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1982 on NBC Network.
Pageant winner Debra Maffett later became a television personality and producer.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss America 1983 – Debra Maffett 1st Runner-Up – Desiree Daniels 2nd Runner-Up – Dianne Evans 3rd Runner-Up – Yolanda Fernandez 4th Runner-Up – Nancy Chapman Top 10 – Debra Ann Daniels – Mary Stuart – Bobbie Eakes – Gwendolyn Suzann Witten – Laurie Saarinen
Awards Preliminary awards Award Contestant Lifestyle and Fitness – Debra Maffett – Elizabeth Gray Williams – Desiree Daniels Talent – Debra Maffett – Gwendolyn Suzann Witten – Dianne Evans
Non-finalist awards Award Contestant Talent – Deborah Davids – Linda Lee Simon – Bobbie Lynn Candler – Eileen Diane Clark – Elizabeth Gray Williams – Julia Diane Hill – Gloria Gilbert – Gail Marie Soller
Contestants
+StateNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementSpecial AwardsNotes AlabamaYolanda FernandezTroy19Classical Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu3rd runner-upPreviously Florida's Junior Miss 1980 AlaskaKristan SappWasilla20Sac-Jazz Dance ArizonaDebra DanielsYuma20Free Form Gymnastics, "Chariots of Fire"Top 10 ArkansasMary StuartLittle Rock20Vocal/Broadway Jazz, "The Birth of the Blues"Top 10Later cast as Frannie Hughes on As the World Turns from 1990 to 1993 CaliforniaDebra MaffettAnaheim25Popular Vocal, "Come in From the Rain"WinnerPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award ColoradoDeborah DavidsDenver22Harp, "Introduction et Allegro" by Maurice RavelNon-finalist Talent Award ConnecticutKelly SlaterWoodbury21Popular Vocal, "Blue Champagne" DelawareNancy Ellen FarleyElsmere21Comedy Monologue, "Report of the Nominating Committee" FloridaDeanna PitmanApopka22Lyrical Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line GeorgiaBobbie EakesWarner Robins21Vocal, "Let's Hear it for Me" from Funny LadyTop 10Sister of Miss Georgia 1979, Sandra Eakes
Later starred as Macy Alexander on The Bold and the Beautiful HawaiiGale Lee ThomasHonolulu21Baton Twirling, Theme from Magnum, P.I. & "Hawaiian War Chant" IdahoLisa EatonShelley22Vocal, "It's My Turn" IllinoisJaleigh JeffersMount Carmel21Piano, "Bumble Boogie" IndianaIlona ConwayBunker Hill25Popular Vocal, "Mister Melody" IowaLinda SimonDeWitt23Baton TwirlingNon-finalist Talent Award KansasLisa Marie BerwickValley Center21Vocal, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" KentuckyGwendolyn WittenVine Grove23Semi-classical Vocal, "And This is My Beloved"Top 10Preliminary Talent Award LouisianaBobbie CandlerBaton Rouge25Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart"Non-finalist Talent AwardPreviously National Sweetheart 1979 MaineRebecca BeckBrunswick21Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus MarylandLynne Carol GrahamBethesda23Popular Vocal, "Alfie"Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel MassachusettsLisa ScorgieNorth Attleboro23Violin, "Fantasy of Russian Folk Songs" MichiganKathy Lou PenningtonJackson25Vocal, "God Bless the Child" MinnesotaLaurie SaarinenOsage21Vocal, "My Man"Top 10Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1981 MississippiDianne EvansTaylorsville22Vocal, "Stormy Weather"2nd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award MissouriJulie PhillipsAva18Classical/Jazz Piano MontanaKimberly KnaufBillings21Piano Medley, "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique" NebraskaSandra HaschkeHumphrey20Popular Vocal, "All I Ever Need is You" NevadaKim KingLas Vegas21Banjo, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" New HampshireAmy BowkerAmherst21Jazz Dance, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line New JerseyChristina ShonePequannock22Classical Vocal, "Non Piu Mesta" from La Cenerentola New MexicoCyndi Ann FriesenCarlsbad19Vocal, "Carnival" New YorkEileen ClarkSyracuse23Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from CandideNon-finalist Talent Award North CarolinaElizabeth WilliamsShelby22Semi-classical Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of MusicNon-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award North DakotaJeana WolfRugby21Tap Dance, "You're a Grand Old Flag" & "Give My Regards to Broadway" OhioDebra GombertBexley22Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" OklahomaNancy ChapmanAltus21Piano, "Fireworks" by Debussy4th runner-up OregonLaura MatthysSalem21Rifle Twirling Routine, "Herzegovinian March" PennsylvaniaLaurie Ann HixenbaughBelle Vernon22Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies" Rhode IslandCynthia CrookWarwick22Vocal/Dance, Theme from New York, New York South CarolinaJulia HillFlorence26Classical Piano, "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement"Non-finalist Talent AwardMother of Miss South Carolina 2008, Anna Perry South DakotaTara MeyerinkPlatte19Classical Piano, "Polichinelle" by Sergei Rachmaninoff TennesseeDesiree DanielsChattanooga22Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud"1st runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness AwardLater Miss Tennessee USA 1984 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1984 TexasGloria GilbertMillsap20Ventriloquism & Vocal, "I've Been Everywhere"Non-finalist Talent AwardPreviously National Sweetheart 1981
Longtime hostess of the Miss Texas pageant television broadcast UtahCindy QuinnProvo21Classical Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen VermontJill WyckoffSouth Burlington20Gymnastics Dance, Theme from CHiPs VirginiaBeverly CookeRichmond24Vocal Medley, "Smile" & "Happy Days are Here Again"Mother of Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2006, Brittany Young WashingtonMonica HardBellevue23Vocal Medley, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" West VirginiaKelly Lea AndersonClarksburg21Stylized Can-CanLater Miss West Virginia USA 1984 1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984
Later Miss World USA 1984
Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984 WisconsinGail Marie SollerLa Crosse24Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"Non-finalist Talent Award WyomingJanie HertzlerCheyenne23Vocal, "Everything"
References
External links 1983 – Miss America Opportunity