Miss America 1997
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Miss America 1997, the 70th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 14, 1996, and televised by the NBC Network. Until the 2019 Pageant, this was the last time that NBC aired the Miss America pageant.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss America 1997 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 10 |
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Awards
Preliminary awards
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| Awards | Contestant |
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| Lifestyle and Fitness |
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| Talent |
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Quality of Life awards
| Results | Contestant | Platform |
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| Winner | Hospice: A Special Kind of Caring | |
| 1st runner-up | - | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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Other awards
| Awards | Contestant |
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| Albert Marks Jr. Memorial Fund Interview |
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| Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Scholarship |
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| Non-finalist Interview Award |
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| Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| Waterford Crystal Scholarship |
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Delegates
The Miss America 1997 delegates are:[3]
| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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| Template:Flagicon Alabama | Alison McCreary | Florence | 22 | Vocal, "How Great Thou Art" | 3rd runner-up | Quality of Life Winner | |
| Template:Flagicon Alaska | Christine Buschur | Eagle River | 21 | Vocal, "Another Op'nin, Another Show" & "I Got Rhythm" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Arizona | Erin Gingrich | Yuma | 21 | Classical Piano, "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Arkansas | Melonie McGarrah | Rogers | 22 | Vocal, "I Will Always Love You" | |||
| Template:Flagicon California | Lyndsay Kahler | Orange | 22 | Vocal, "Where Is It Written?" from Yentl | |||
| Template:Flagicon Colorado | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | 20 | Dramatic Monologue from Quilters | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Colorado USA 1998 | |
| Template:Flagicon Connecticut | Stacy Perrone | Wolcott | 22 | Vocal, "This Time Around" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Delaware | Aimée Michelle Voshell | Felton | 18 | Ballet en Pointe, "Return to Innocence" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Florida | Jamie Lynn Bolding | Lakeland | 22 | Lyrical Ballet, "Can You Read My Mind" | Non-finalist Talent Award Non-finalist Interview Award Albert Marks Jr. Memorial Fund Interview |
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| Template:Flagicon Georgia | Shea Olliff | Augusta | 24 | Popular Vocal, "Can You Read My Mind" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Hawaii | Melissa Short | Kaaawa | 23 | Operatic Vocal, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo et Juliette | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
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| Template:Flagicon Idaho | Misty Marriah Esplin | Preston | 19 | Classical Clarinet, "Concertino" by Carl Maria von Weber | |||
| Template:Flagicon Illinois | Tania Joy Gibson | Lake Barrington | 19 | Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard | |||
| Template:Flagicon Indiana | Shani Lynn Nielsen | New Albany | 24 | Vocal, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Scholarship |
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| Template:Flagicon Iowa | Natasha Ann Courter | Davenport | 23 | Tap Dance, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Kansas | Tara Dawn Holland | Overland Park | 23 | Operatic Vocal, "Où Va la Jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé | Miss America 1997 | Quality of Life 1st runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| Template:Flagicon Kentucky | Veronica Marie Duka | Campbellsville | 19 | Vocal, "Somewhere" from West Side Story | Top 10 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Louisiana | Erika Rachael Schwarz | Folsom | 24 | Original Piano Composition, "New Orleans Rhapsody" | 1st runner-up | Quality of Life 2nd runner-up | Entertainment lawyer
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| Template:Flagicon Maine | Sarah Nadeau | Portland | 20 | Classical Vocal, "Addio" from La bohème | |||
| Template:Flagicon Maryland | Susan Alexander | Silver Spring | 24 | Popular Vocal, "Sing Me" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Massachusetts | Lori Flick | Boston | 24 | Interpretive Gymnastics Dance, Prologue from Beauty and the Beast | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Template:Flagicon Michigan | Jennifer Lynn Drayton | Saginaw | 22 | Classical Piano, with original accompaniment, "Sonata Appassionata" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Minnesota | Sherry Johnson | Owatonna | 22 | Vocal, "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Mississippi | Kari Litton | Pontotoc | 23 | Vocal, "Cry" | Top 10 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Missouri | Kimberly Anne Massaro | St. Louis | 24 | Tap Dance, "Favorite Son" from The Will Rogers Follies | 4th runner-up | ||
| Template:Flagicon Montana | Aubrey Jo Hiller | Missoula | 22 | Vocal, "All the Things You Are" | Miss Montana Teen USA 1992 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Nebraska | Rachel White | Columbus | 20 | Vocal, "Via Dolorosa" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Nevada | Annette Albertson | Reno | 24 | Vocal, "Luck Be a Lady" | |||
| Template:Flagicon New Hampshire | Michelle Tolson | Manchester | 22 | Jazz Dance, "Hit Me with a Hot Note" from Sophisticated Ladies | |||
| Template:Flagicon New Jersey | Melanie Joyce Bell | Vernon | 20 | Jazz Dance, "They Can't Take That Away From Me" | |||
| Template:Flagicon New Mexico | Trisha Williams | Hobbs | 19 | Contemporary Gospel Vocal, "He's Always There" | |||
| Template:Flagicon New York | Tammy Harris | Williamstown | 24 | Dance, "O Fortuna" | |||
| Template:Flagicon North Carolina | Jennifer Michelle Roberts | Greensboro | 21 | Tap Dance, "Devil with a Blue Dress On" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Template:Flagicon North Dakota | Stephanie Lee Hamilton | Williston | 18 | Lyrical Dance, "On My Knees" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Ohio | Robyn Hancock | Grand Rapids | 21 | Classical Ballet, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Template:Flagicon Oklahoma | Amy Linn Duncan | Oklahoma City | 23 | Dramatic Vocal, "A Piece of Sky" from Yentl | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Template:Flagicon Oregon | Patricia Regan Leines | Medford | 24 | Operatic Aria, "Chacun le Sait" from La fille du régiment | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
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| Template:Flagicon Pennsylvania | GiGi Gordon | Butler | 23 | Lyrical Dance, "When a Man Loves a Woman" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Rhode Island | Elana Eve Chomiszak | Providence | 21 | Modern Dance, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" | |||
| Template:Flagicon South Carolina | Angela Michelle Hughes | Anderson | 21 | Tap Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing" | |||
| Template:Flagicon South Dakota | Stephanie Camp | Rapid City | 20 | Vocal, "I Am Changing" from Dreamgirls | |||
| Template:Flagicon Tennessee | Jeni Stephens | Memphis | 23 | Popular Vocal, "Operator" | |||
| Template:Flagicon Texas | Michelle Martinez | Dallas | 23 | Classical Piano, "Chopin's Ballade in G Minor" | Top 10 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Utah | Nanette Pearson | Pleasant Grove | 23 | Classical Ballet, La Boutique fantasque | |||
| Template:Flagicon Vermont | Nicole Juvan | Essex Junction | 22 | Vocal, "Someday My Prince Will Come" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |||
| Template:Flagicon Virginia | Michelle Kang | Fredericksburg | 22 | Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Template:Flagicon Washington | Janet Reasons | Port Orchard | 22 | Semi-Classical Vocal, "Half a Moment" from Jeeves | |||
| Template:Flagicon West Virginia | Kari Anne Safford | Point Pleasant | 23 | Vocal, "God Help the Outcasts" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Template:Flagicon Wisconsin | Jennifer Streblow | Oshkosh | 18 | Vocal, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | |||
| Template:Flagicon Wyoming | Rebecca Darrington | Gillette | 19 | Comedy Vocal, "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man" from Wonderful Town | Waterford Crystal Scholarship |
References
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