Miss USA 1989

Miss USA 1989, the 38th Miss USA pageant, was 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.

Miss USA 1989
DateFebruary 28, 1989
PresentersDick Clark, Angie Dickinson and Laura Harring
EntertainmentTommy Tune
VenueMobile Civic Center Theatre, Mobile, Alabama
BroadcasterCBS, WKRG
Entrants51
Placements10
WinnerGretchen Polhemus
Texas
CongenialityKimberly Nicewonder
Virginia
Best State CostumeKelly Holub
Illinois
PhotogenicElizabeth Primm
Louisiana

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.

Results
Map showing placements by state

Placements
Final Results Contestant
Miss USA 1989
1st runner-up
Miss World USA 1989
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10

Special awards
Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic
Best State Costume

Final competition

Preliminary Swimsuit
state score state score state score score state state score state score
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


Historical significance
  • Texas wins competition for the sixth time and fifth in a row.
  • Oklahoma earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1952, becoming its highest placement of the state until 2015.
  • New Jersey earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1977, becoming its highest placement of the state.
  • Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the fourth time. The last time it placed this was in 1985.
  • Georgia earns the 4th runner-up position for the fifth time. The last time it placed this was in 1987.
  • States that placed in semifinals the previous year were California, Georgia, Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas.
  • Texas placed for the fifteenth consecutive year.
  • Illinois placed for the sixth consecutive year.
  • Georgia placed for the fourth consecutive year.
  • California and Oklahoma made their second consecutive placement.
  • Arizona last placed in 1987.
  • Louisiana last placed in 1985.
  • New Jersey last placed in 1977.
  • Pennsylvania last placed in 1983.
  • Colorado last placed in 1969.
  • Florida breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1987.
  • Mississippi breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1986.

Judges

The following celebrities were invited to judge the competition:[1]

Delegates

The Miss USA 1989 delegates were:

Contestant notes

References
  1. "Miss USA". The Durant Daily Democrat. Associated Press. March 1, 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. Associated Press (1987-08-04). "Metroplex beauty wins Miss Texas". Houston Chronicle. p. 10.
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