Miss America 1996

Miss America 1996, the 69th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 16, 1995 and was televised by the NBC Network.

Miss America 1996
DateSeptember 16, 1995
PresentersRegis Philbin
Kathie Lee Gifford
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerShawntel Smith
Oklahoma

Results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss America 1996
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10[1]

Preliminary awards

Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Quality of Life awards

Result Contestant Platform
Winner Adopt-A-Grandparent
1st runner-up
-
2nd runner-up
-

Non-finalist awards

Awards Contestant
Talent
Interview

Other awards

Awards Contestant
Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award
  • Utah - Amanda Moody
Bert Perks Talent Award
Dr. David Allman Medical Scholarship
Konica Visual Arts Scholarship
Rembrandt Award for Mentorship
Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award

Delegates

StateNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementAwardsNotes
AlabamaLeigh ShererJasper22Piano/Vocal "Medley from Carmen"Top 10
AlaskaStacey StoreyEagle River17Lyrical Dance "The Letting Go"Miss Alaska USA 2003
ArizonaCara JacksonChandler22Vocal "All Is Fair In Love"Miss Arizona USA 1999
ArkansasPaula Gaye MontgomaryCabot22Vocal "Cant Help Loving That Man"2nd runner-upMiss Arkansas Teen USA 1991
CaliforniaTiffany StokerClovis21Vocal "Think of Me"3rd runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit AwardAmerica's Junior Miss 1992
ColoradoAmy CiccolellaMonument21Popular Vocal/Puppetry "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
ConnecticutAmy ZapponeWolcott18Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana
DelawareMichelle HarrisNewark24Vocal "I Will Always Love You"Bert Perks Talent Award
FloridaKristin LudeckeEustis19Classical Vocal "O Luce di Quest'anima" from Linda di ChamounixMiss Florida USA 2000
GeorgiaRachel EnglishThomaston21Tap Dance "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"Georgia's Junior Miss 1991
HawaiiTraci ToguchiHonolulu20Vocal "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
IdahoBrooke GambrellBoise22Fiddle Medley "Blackberry Blossom"Quality of Life 1st runner-upMiss Idaho USA 2000
IllinoisTracy Kathleen HayesWheaton22Vocal "Tonight"4th runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit Award
IndianaBecky GrayIndianapolis23Piano
IowaJennifer CurryMuscatine21Vocal "The Last Man In My Life" from Song and Dance
KansasAmy Beth KellerGreat Bend, Kansas24Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" Top 10Preliminary Swimsuit Award
KentuckyKristie HicksBardstown23Vocal "Stormy Weather"Konica Visual Arts ScholarshipMiss Kentucky Teen USA 1989 and 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1989
LouisianaKarmyn TylerShreveport20Classical Vocal "Tu che di gel sei cinta"Non-finalist Talent AwardContestant at Miss Oktoberfest 1997 represented Arkansas
MaineSharon PelletierMadawaska23Popular Vocal "At This Moment"
MarylandMarcia M GriffithFort Washington23Lyrical Ballet "Somewhere"
MassachusettsMarcia TurnerCambridge21Piano "Souvenirs d'Andalousie, Op.22" by Louis Moreau GottschalkTop 10
MichiganConi Lyn Hull SullivanJackson23Vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves
MinnesotaPaula KnollMoorhead22Classical Violin "Csárdás"Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award
MississippiMonica LouwerensGreenville21Vocal "Vanilla Ice Cream" from She Loves MeTop 10Rembrandt Award for Mentorship
MissouriErin PhillipsMexico23Tap Dance "Gershwin Medley"
MontanaAmanda GranrudGreat Falls23Dramatic Reading
NebraskaMyra Katherine HaleLincoln23Classical PianoNon-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life 2nd runner-up
NevadaJennifer Joseph-LierWendover24Vocal "I Am Changing"Non-finalist Talent Award
New HampshireStephanie FoisyConcord18Tap Dance "You Do Something to Me"Mrs. New Hampshire America 2004 under her married name, Stephanie Mills
New JerseyDena QuerubinWaterford23Classical PianoNon-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life Winner
New MexicoVivian HerdingAlbuquerque24Classical Piano "Bach Medley"
New YorkHelen Louise GoldsbyBrooklyn24Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La RondineTop 10Preliminary Talent Award
North CarolinaLisa BamfordRaleigh21Classical Piano "Totentanz"Preliminary Talent Award
Non-finalist Talent Award
North DakotaKim CooleyGrand Forks24Tap Dance "Luck Be a Lady"
OhioEllen PasturzakPortsmouth23Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard
OklahomaShawntel SmithMuldrow24Vocal "Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is BornMiss America 1996
OregonEmily John OrtonCreswell19Classical Vocal "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" from Carmen1st runner-up
PennsylvaniaLinette MertzKutztown23Country Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You"
Rhode IslandElizabeth ReillyNorth Providence24Dance "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle
South CarolinaAmanda SpiveyBoiling Springs22Soprano saxophone "The Joy of Life"Non-finalist Talent Award
South DakotaKimberlee McKayBelle Fourche22Flute "Carmen Fantasy"Dr. David Allman Medical Scholarship
TennesseeAlison ShumateUnion City21Vocal Medley "Crazy for You" & "I Got Rhythm"Non-finalist Interview AwardDaughter of Miss Tennessee 1967
TexasCarly JarmonMesquite19Vocal "Stand by Your Man"Miss Teen Texas 1992
UtahAmanda MoodyOrem19Classical Piano "Ballade No. 4"Preliminary Talent Award
Non Finalist Talent Award
Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award
VermontJennifer FaucetteBurlington24Piano & Violin "Hungarian Dance No. 5"
VirginiaAmber MedlinVirginia Beach23Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53"
WashingtonAmber HamiltonAuburn18Jazz Dance "Last Dance"
West VirginiaElizabeth McIntyreDunbar24Clogging "Dance"
WisconsinPamela Lynn PolkBerlin22Vocal "Operator"
WyomingDana LaneCheyenne20Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu"

Judges

References

  1. Roberts, Roxanne (September 17, 1995). "Miss Oklahoma Wins, So Does Pageant Tradition". The Washington Post.
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