Miss Teen USA 1983

Miss Teen USA 1983
Date	August 30, 1983
Presenters	Michael Young and Morgan Brittany
Venue	Lakeland, Florida
Broadcaster	CBS
Winner	Ruth Zakarian New York
Congeniality	Angela Boyd
Photogenic	Linda Burkholder

Miss Teen USA 1983, the 1st ever Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Lakeland Civic Auditorium in Lakeland, Florida on 30 August, 1983. At the conclusion of the final competition, Ruth Zakarian of New York was crowned Miss Teen USA, by Miss USA 1983 Julie Hayek and Miss Universe 1983 Lorraine Downes.

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

• Miss Teen USA 1983: Ruth Zakarian (New York)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Tina Marrocco (Virginia)
  • 2nd runner-up: Krista Keith (Kentucky)
  • 3rd runner-up: Kelly Jerles (Georgia)
  • 4th runner-up: Sheri Sholz (Texas)

• The remaining semi-finalists were (in order of placement): Diane Hoyes (Pennsylvania), Shawn Gardner (California), Angela Boyd (Arkansas), Kim Cannon (Nevada), Rhonda Monroe (Washington).

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Angela Boyd (Arkansas)
• Miss Photogenic: Linda Burkholder (Illinois)
• Best state costume: Christine Lawlor (Massachusetts)

Final competition scores

State	Preliminaries	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Average
Virginia	8.616	8.838	8.922	8.760	8.912
New York	8.466	9.144	8.516	9.000	8.886
Georgia	8.273	8.811	8.866	8.850	8.842
Kentucky	8.358	8.405	8.933	9.065	8.801
Texas	8.365	8.744	8.755	8.877	8.792
Pennsylvania	8.466	8.611	8.732	8.961	8.768
California	8.270	8.488	8.900	8.811	8.733
Arkansas	8.395	8.500	8.700	8.566	8.588
Nevada	8.340	8.350	8.633	8.577	8.520
Washington	8.627	8.444	8.333	8.611	8.462

     Winner

     First runner-up

     Second runner-up

     Third runner-up

     Fourth runner-up

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1983 delegates were:

• Alabama - Jill Johnson
• Alaska - Linda Fickus
• Arizona - Kris Keim
• Arkansas - Angela Boyd
• California - Shawn Gardner
• Colorado - Julie Meyer
• Connecticut - Beth Waldron
• Delaware - Laura Enslen
• District of Columbia - Patricia Curtis
• Florida - Lora Erdman
• Georgia - Kelly Jerles
• Hawaii - Erika Mattich
• Idaho - Tammy Hamilton
• Illinois - Linda Burkholder
• Indiana - Julie James
• Iowa - Kimberly Heck
• Kansas - Melissa Lyczak
• Kentucky - Krista Keith
• Louisiana - Vail Cavalier
• Maine - Dina Duvall
• Maryland - Carla Kemp
• Massachusetts - Christine Lawlor
• Michigan - Cathy McBride
• Minnesota - Kimberly Ess
• Mississippi - Laura Zapponi
• Missouri - Lisa Logan

• Montana - Leslie Lucas
• Nebraska - Jackie Kuenning
• Nevada - Kimberly Cannon
• New Hampshire - Maureen Murray
• New Jersey - Sheri Drummond
• New Mexico - Eloisa Serna
• New York - Ruth Zakarian
• North Carolina - Janet Freeman
• North Dakota - Lisa Rubin
• Ohio - Jamie Callarik
• Oklahoma - Lorna Webb
• Oregon - Gretchen Thomas
• Pennsylvania - Diane Hoyes
• Rhode Island - Melissa Sciarra
• South Carolina - Beth Woodard
• South Dakota - Karen Hernes
• Tennessee - Cheri Dotson
• Texas - Sheri Sholz
• Utah - Natalie DeGraw
• Vermont - Cindy Gentile
• Virginia - Tina Marocco
• Washington - Rhonda Monroe
• West Virginia - Kay Scadden
• Wisconsin - Jane Zawada
• Wyoming - Shanna Thompson

Contestant notes

• Kelly Jerles (Georgia) became the first and only delegate from Miss Teen USA 1983 to compete in the Miss America pageant. She held the Miss Georgia 1987 title and won preliminary swimsuit and non-finalist talent awards at Miss America 1988.
• Ruth Zakarian (New York) competed in the Miss USA 1984 pageant as Miss Teen USA but did not place. In the early years of the pageant, the Teen titleholder could compete at Miss USA without holding a state title.
• Beth Woodard (South Carolina) - Miss South Carolina USA 1987
• Kris Keim (Arizona) - Miss Arizona USA 1988
• Maureen Murray (New Hampshire) - Miss New York USA 1991 (semi-finalist at Miss USA 1991)

External links

• Official website