Winner: | Rebecca Ann King |
Represented: | Colorado |
Date: | September 8, 1973 |
Presenters: | Bert Parks |
Venue: | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster: | NBC |
Before: | 1973 |
Next: | 1975 |
Miss America 1974, the 47th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1973, and broadcast on NBC.[1]
The winner was Rebecca Ann King, whose daughter Diana Dreman would become Miss Colorado and a contender for Miss America 2012, the first daughter of a victorious Miss America to compete in the pageant.
Suzanne Plummer, second runner-up, is known today as Sue Lowden, who became chairperson of the Republican Party in Nevada and a 2010 U.S. Senate candidate there. Another contestant, Michelle Marshall of Missouri, is now the political analyst and blogger Taylor Marsh.
Placement | Contestant | |
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Miss America 1974 | ||
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up | ||
3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up | ||
Top 10 |
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Awards | Contestant | |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Non-finalist Talent |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Neat as a Pin |
Alabama | Jane Rice | Huntsville | 21 | Vocal, "Tapestry" & "I Will Never Pass This Way Again" | ||||
Alaska | Virginia Adams | Anchorage | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" | ||||
Arizona | Susan May | Kingman | 19 | Piano Medley, "The Glory of Love", "Laura", & "On the Sunny Side of the Street" | ||||
Arkansas | Becky Hume | Jonesboro | 23 | Free Floor Exercise & Balance Beam Routine | ||||
California | Susan Shipley | Hillsborough | 21 | Piano, "Malagueña" | Top 10 | |||
Colorado | Rebecca Ann King | Sterling | 23 | Vocal, "If I Ruled the World" | Winner | Mother of Miss Colorado 2011, Diana Dremen | ||
Connecticut | Deborah Blanchard | North Haven | 21 | Modern Jazz Dance | ||||
Delaware | Jackie LaGuardia | Milford | 19 | Vocal from Irma La Douce | ||||
Florida | Ellen Meade | Bradenton | 20 | Ballet Roller Skating, "The Black Swan" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Georgia | Gail Bullock | Thomasville | 19 | Ballet to the theme from Summer of '42 | ||||
Hawaii | Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa | Hawaii Kai | 19 | Hula | Miss Congeniality | |||
Idaho | Sharon Davis | Jerome | 21 | Vocal, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof | ||||
Illinois | Colleen Metternich | Carthage | 23 | Piano, "Variations on a Twelve Note Theme" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Indiana | Karen Rodgers | Indianapolis | 22 | Popular Vocal, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | ||||
Iowa | Lynette Henninger | Bettendorf | 19 | Ballet, "Colour My World" & "Make No Sound" | ||||
Kansas | Jane Schulte | Hays | 21 | Vocal Medley, "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" & "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | ||||
Kentucky | Lyda Lewis | Louisville | 24 | Vocal, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" | First African American Miss Kentucky | |||
Louisiana | Debbie Ward | Baton Rouge | 20 | Vocal Medley, "I Enjoy Being a Girl" & "I Could Have Danced All Night" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured performer & co-host of the Miss America Pageants from 1975-1977 | |
Maine | Carlene Quimby | Auburn | 20 | Vocal, "I Cain't Say No" from Oklahoma! | ||||
Maryland | Kristi Maurine Reindl | LaVale | 19 | Tympani, "The Champ" | Former mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois | |||
Massachusetts | Rena Walmsley | North Attleboro | 20 | Dramatic Soliloquy from Funny Girl | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Michigan | Sherry Agnello | St. Clair Shores | 19 | Vocal, "I'd Rather Be Blue" | ||||
Minnesota | Joleen Benoit | Farmington | 19 | Vocal/Guitar, "Danny's Song" | ||||
Mississippi | Kathleen Coole | Gulfport | 19 | Vocal Medley, "Everything's Alright" & "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar | ||||
Missouri | Terri Dodson | Fulton | 22 | Piano, "Dizzy Fingers" | ||||
Montana | Debbie Reber | Helena | 22 | Vocal Medley & Guitar | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Nebraska | Sandy Cramer | Omaha | 18 | Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "I'm an Ordinary Man" | ||||
Nevada | Echo Rost | Sparks | 20 | Modern Jazz Dance, "I Feel the Earth Move" | Neat as a Pin Award | |||
New Hampshire | Michelle Cote | Manchester | 22 | Classical Vocal, "Steal Me, Sweet Thief" from The Old Maid and the Thief | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
New Jersey | Suzanne Plummer | Wildwood | 21 | Piano, "Stardust" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously Miss District of Columbia USA 1971Top 12 at Miss USA 1971 Former leader of Nevada State Republican Party and 2010 Senate candidate | |
New Mexico | Patti Elaine Nelms | Roswell | 21 | Vocal/Dance, "Basin Street Blues" & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | ||||
New York | Joann Miller | Cheektowaga | 20 | Jazz Dance | ||||
North Carolina | Heather Walker | Hendersonville | 19 | Popular Vocal, "The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener" | ||||
North Dakota | Linda Joyce Cole | Lisbon | 19 | Classical Vocal, "Winds in the South" | ||||
Ohio | Cheryl Yourkvitch | Lorain | 21 | Vocal Medley | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Oklahoma | Andrea Hanson | Tahlequah | 21 | Piano/Vocal, "The Homeland Aria" from Die Fledermaus | Top 10 | |||
Oregon | Nancy Jean Jackson | Nyssa | 20 | Dramatic Interpretation from The Taming of the Shrew | ||||
Pennsylvania | Tina Louise Thomas | Lancaster | 18 | Gospel Vocal, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Rhode Island | Patricia Garrahy | North Providence | 19 | Ballet, "Scarborough Fair" | ||||
South Carolina | Fran Riggins | Easley | 21 | Vocal, "All the Things You Are" | ||||
South Dakota | Gwen Resick | Clark | 20 | Dramatic Skit, "Aldonza" from Don Quixote | ||||
Tennessee | Anne Randle Galloway | Knoxville | 20 | Piano, Rhapsody in Blue | ||||
Texas | Judy Mallett | Beaumont | Fiddle, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 | Performed in the halftime show of Super Bowl VIII | |||
Utah | Brenda Richardson | Provo | 20 | Vocal Medley | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Vermont | Joylynn McCraw | Barre | 22 | Popular Vocal & Sign Language, "I am Woman" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Virginia | Elinda Gail Vandeventer | Pulaski | 20 | Classical Vocal, "The Telephone Aria" | ||||
Washington | Leslie Mays | Mercer Island | 23 | Jazz Dance, "The 'In' Crowd" | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
West Virginia | Myra Elizabeth "Beth" McVey | Huntington | 20 | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" | ||||
Wisconsin | Judith Hieke | Menomonee Falls | 19 | Flute Medley including "Cuanto le Gusta" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Wyoming | Pamela Hill | Casper | 20 | Vocal, "I Can Love" |