Miss USA 1982 was the 31st Miss USA pageant, televised live on May 13, 1982, from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.
The pageant was won by Terri Utley of Arkansas, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kim Seelbrede of Ohio. Utley was the first – and to date () only – woman from Arkansas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1982.
The judges included Miss USA 1975 Summer Bartholomew and Miss USA 1980 Jineane Ford.
Jeannine Boger, who was Miss North Carolina USA is the mother of Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton.
Results Placements
Final results Contestant Miss USA 1982 Arkansas – Terri Utley 1st Runner-up Texas – Luann Caughey 2nd Runner-up Utah – Susan Gasser 3rd Runner-up Ohio – Kim Weeda 4th Runner-up Kentucky – Kristina Chapman Top 12 Hawaii – Vanessa Dubois Maryland – Angie Boyer Massachusetts – Janet Marie Flaherty Michigan – Diane Arabia Tennessee – Sherly Deanice "Nise" Levy Vermont – Georgia Davis Virginia – Sondra Dee Jones
Special awards Award Contestant Miss Congeniality Alaska – Toni McFadden Miss Photogenic Virginia – Sondra Dee Jones Best State Costume Ohio – Kim Weeda
Delegates The Miss USA 1982 delegates were:
Alabama – Lisa Wheeler Alaska – Toni McFadden Arizona – Lori Hakola Arkansas – Terri Utley California – Suzanne Dewames Colorado – Dusty Hutton Connecticut – Maureen Szekeres Delaware – Shawna Saints District of Columbia – Lori Esteep Florida – Lisa Smith Georgia – Kelly Blackston Hawaii – Vanessa Dubois Idaho – Valerie Stephan Illinois – Carla Danielson Indiana – Sara Binckley Iowa – Jeanne Hoyer Kansas – Stefanie Larson Kentucky – Kristina Chapman Louisiana – Lisa Michael Maine – Theresa Cloutier Maryland – Angie Boyer Massachusetts – Janet Marie Flaherty Michigan – Diane Arabia Minnesota – Lori Kmetz Mississippi – Nancy Perkins Missouri – Susan Heiman Montana – Pierrette "Perri" Stevenson Nebraska – Lori Novicki Nevada – Andrea Pennington New Hampshire – Kathy Rogers New Jersey – Janice Lynn Straub New Mexico – Lisa Allen New York – Annemarie Henderson North Carolina – Jeannine Dalton North Dakota – Tammi Martinson Ohio – Kim Weeda Oklahoma – Jill Liebmann Oregon – Kristina Bauer Pennsylvania – Therese Rosa Rhode Island – Peggy McGraw South Carolina – Margo Wood South Dakota – Meaghan North Tennessee – Sherly Deanice "Nise" Levy Texas – Luann Caughey Utah – Susan Gasser Vermont – Georgia Davis Virginia – Sondra Dee Jones Washington – Jana Minerich West Virginia – Cindy Baniak Wisconsin – Cheryl Maslowski Wyoming – Judy Wilder
Judges Summer Bartholomew, Miss USA 1975 from California Vic Damone, singer Jineane Ford, Miss USA 1980 from Arizona Georgia Gibbs, singer John James, actor Julia Meade, actress Robert Pine, actor Freddie Solomon, NFL player Michelle Stevens, model Gordon Cooper, astronaut
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