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I’m surprised Texas didn’t make top 10.
If I were a judge, I would have awarded Swimsuit to CA, MS and FL
Thought it was a shame that Gretchen was a great Miss America…VERY talented, but she just didn't seem to be the MAO Leader needed. I thought MN, CO, and AL had the best talents.
I liked Nebraska the best. Vocal performances tend to be the same few songs re-hashed every year, but Jodie's glass of water act has (to my knowledge) never been repeated until she taught it to her daughter for Miss America's Outstanding Teen recently.
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David from 🇬🇧 England
Again, after watching the talent, a second time, Miss New York was the best ballet performance. She was much better than Tina Curran, Miss North Dakota who made top ten.
After watching this, I will have to say that Utah was the best talent overall. Unfortunately I heard her overall performance was not good, especially interview but her talent, WOW. This is just my opinion.😊
There where better contestants than the actual winner. Maya Walker went to Miss USA 1991
Best pianist – UTAH, best opera singer- OKLAHOMA, best pop singer-COLORADO, best ballet dancer- NEW YORK, best jazz dancer-ARIZONA, best baton- MISSOURI(by default- she was only one who didn't drop a baton, but she only used one baton), best violinist-MINNESOTA. Best swimsuit- LOUISIANA- thought she looked perfect-healthy and shapely. CA was very second for me but just a tab too thin, but looked so regal. MS had great legs.
Miss Missouri was one of the most talented contestants I have ever seen and my first Miss America Pageant was in 1963!! I am honk it would be great to have everyone who lives this comment on their most favorite talents because my list would be long! There have been many great talents over the years.
Have to agree….Mary Ann is shouting. God love her and miss her now that she is gone.
Thank you for sharing this! This is one of my all time favorite Miss America years. However, after watching the prelims, I'm a bit shocked at how "hokey" a lot of the talents were, so it would have been easy to chose a Top 10/12. Most certainly, Miss TX Cathy Castro and Miss AR Patty Thorn would have been in my 10 just from watching the onstage prelims. I'm shocked neither made it. They both must have been right there at the doorstep of the Top 10.
How great was Miss Missouri's baton act? Wow, how she didn't end up in the top ten. I mean, a non finalist talent award is great, but come on, that was fantastic.
Thank you for posting this year. I don’t have a copy of 89(sept 88) preliminary nights 👍
Miss Tennessee messed up her cue in swimsuit – jump started too quickly.
Thank you. I’ve always wanted to see Sophia Symko’s talent performance since reading what William Goldman wrote in his book.
Swimsuit was very gorgeous!