Winner: | Gretchen Polhemus Texas |
Date: | February 28, 1989 |
Acts: | Tommy Tune |
Entrants: | 51 |
Placements: | 10 |
Venue: | Mobile Civic Center Theatre, Mobile, Alabama |
Broadcaster: | CBS, WKRG |
Congeniality: | Kimberly Nicewonder Virginia |
Photogenic: | Elizabeth Primm Louisiana |
Best State Costume: | Kelly Holub Illinois |
Before: | 1988 |
Next: | 1990 |
Miss USA 1989 was the 38th Miss USA pageant, televised live from the Mobile Civic Center Theatre in Mobile, Alabama on February 28, 1989. At the conclusion of the final competition, Gretchen Polhemus of Texas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Courtney Gibbs. She was the fifth consecutive Miss Texas USA to win the pageant.
This was the first Miss USA pageant hosted by Dick Clark (The Miss Universe Pageant was hosted by John Forsythe that year), with color commentary by Angie Dickinson. This pageant was held in Alabama for the first and so far only time.
This was the first Miss USA pageant hosted by Dick Clark (The Miss Universe Pageant was hosted by John Forsythe that year), with color commentary by Angie Dickinson. This pageant was held in Alabama for the first and so far only time.
Final Results | Contestant | |
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Miss USA 1989 | ||
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 10 |
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Award | Contestant | |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Best State Costume |
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width=25% | State | width=15% | Preliminary Average | width=15% | Interview | width=15% | Swimsuit | width=15% | Evening Gown | width=15% | Semifinal Average |
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Texas | 9.084 (1) | 9.425 (1) | 9.535 (1) | 9.601 (1) | 9.520 (1) | ||||||
Oklahoma | 8.662 (3) | 8.880 (2) | 8.762 (5) | 9.214 (2) | 8.952 (2) | ||||||
New Jersey | 8.510 (7) | 8.626 (5) | 8.712 (6) | 9.165 (3) | 8.834 (3) | ||||||
Georgia | 8.407 (9) | 8.821 (3) | 8.473 (7) | 9.032 (4) | 8.775 (4) | ||||||
Louisiana | 8.829 (2) | 8.600 (6) | 8.820 (4) | 8.710 (7) | 8.710 (5) | ||||||
California | 8.659 (4) | 8.313 (8) | 8.977 (2) | 8.774 (6) | 8.688 (6) | ||||||
Colorado | 8.388 (10) | 8.638 (4) | 8.432 (9) | 8.786 (5) | 8.618 (7) | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 8.580 (5) | 8.534 (7) | 8.467 (8) | 8.613 (10) | 8.538 (8) | ||||||
Arizona | 8.529 (6) | 7.792 (10) | 8.833 (3) | 8.703 (8) | 8.442 (9) | ||||||
Illinois | 8.501 (8) | 7.988 (9) | 8.432 (9) | 8.681 (9) | 8.367 (10) |
Winner
First runner-up
Second runner-up
Third runner-up
Fourth runner-up
Top 10 semifinalist
(#) Rank in each round of competition
state | score | state | score | state | score | score | state | state | score | state | score | |
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Oklahoma | 8.887 | Maine | 8.205 | New York | 7.912 | Connecticut | 7.773 | Washington | 7.587 | Rhode Island | 6.840 | |
Texas | 8.872 | Maryland | 8.204 | Arkansas | 7.885 | Michigan | 7.723 | District of Columbia | 7.573 | |||
Louisiana | 8.715 | Iowa | 8.185 | Alabama | 7.883 | Missouri | 7.716 | Tennessee | 7.516 | |||
Pennsylvania | 8.704 | Kentucky | 8.184 | South Dakota | 7.881 | Idaho | 7.694 | North Dakota | 7.504 | |||
Arizona | 8.696 | Colorado | 8.115 | Massachusetts | 7.877 | West Virginia | 7.681 | Hawaii | 7.486 | |||
Illinois | 8.491 | Wyoming | 8.040 | Montana | 7.874 | South Carolina | 7.675 | Delaware | 7.340 | |||
California | 8.428 | Nebraska | 8.023 | Wisconsin | 7.844 | Minnesota | 7.674 | Nevada | 7.177 | |||
Virginia | 8.384 | Mississippi | 7.967 | Florida | 7.821 | Ohio | 7.647 | New Mexico | 7.152 | |||
North Carolina | 8.324 | New Jersey | 7.924 | Alaska | 7.803 | Vermont | 7.612 | Utah | 7.050 | |||
Georgia | 8.223 | New Hampshire | 7.915 | Kansas | 7.781 | Oregon | 7.592 | Indiana | 6.961 |
The following celebrities were invited to judge the competition:
The Miss USA 1989 delegates were:[1]