Miss USA 1993

• Michigan wins competition for the second time.
• Georgia earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1988. Also it reaches the state's highest ever placement in the pageant. This has yet to be equaled or surpassed.
• Kansas earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time and reaches the highest placement since Kelli McCarty won in 1991, as well as Top 6 for the third year in a row.
• Hawaii finishes as Top 6 for the first time and reaches its highest placement since 1981.
• New Jersey finishes as Top 6 for the first time and reaches its highest placement since 1991.
• Pennsylvania finishes as Top 6 for the first time and reaches its highest placement since Michele McDonald won in 1971.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were California, Georgia, Kansas, South Carolina and Texas.
• California and Kansas placed for the third consecutive year.
• Georgia, South Carolina and Texas made their second consecutive placement.
• Hawaii, New Jersey and New York last placed in 1991.
• Michigan and Tennessee last placed in 1990.
• Pennsylvania last placed in 1989.
• Iowa last placed in 1960.
• Alabama, Arizona and North Carolina break an ongoing streak of placements since 1991.

The Miss USA 1993 delegates were :

State	Candidate	Age	Hometown	Regional Group [1]
Alabama	Toni Johnson	22	Montgomery	South
Alaska	Teresa Gates		Anchorage	Northwest
Arizona	Apryl Hettich		Scottsdale	Southwest
Arkansas	Kati Fish		Hot Springs	South
California	Jane Olvera[2]	23	Fresno	Southwest
Colorado	Janna Durbin		Golden	Southwest
Connecticut	Alison Benusis		Ridgefield	Northeast
Delaware	Annmarie Correll		Hockessin	Northeast
District of Columbia	Alena Neves		Washington, DC	Northeast
Florida	Shakeela Gajadha		Coral Gables	South
Georgia	Erin Nance	21	Calhoun	South
Hawaii	Kelly Ann Hu	24	Honolulu	Southwest
Idaho	Natalie Nukaya		Idaho Falls	Northwest
Illinois	Susie Park	25	Chicago	Midwest
Indiana	Lisa Higgins		South Bend	Midwest
Iowa	Jan Hoyer		Fort Madison	Midwest
Kansas	Tavia Shackles	21	Shawnee	Midwest
Kentucky	Karen Gibson		Kevil	South
Louisiana	Jennifer Mitchell[3]		Leesville	South
Maine	Jody Cutting		Waterville	Northeast
Maryland	Mary Ann Cimino	20	Baltimore	Northeast
Massachusetts	Stacey Blaine[4]		Bellingham	Northeast
Michigan	Kenya Summer Moore	22	Detroit	Midwest
Minnesota	Kristi Hennecks[5]		Anoka	Midwest
Mississippi	Sherry Bowles		Lambert	South
Missouri	Stephanie Nunn		Marshfield	Midwest
Montana	Kristen Anderson	24	Columbia Falls	Northwest
Nebraska	Tish Gade		Lincoln	Midwest
Nevada	Alexis Oliver[6]		Las Vegas	Southwest
New Hampshire	Heidi Cambra	25	Hampstead	Northeast
New Jersey	Amy Fissel	25	Ocean City	Northeast
New Mexico	Daniela Johnson		Albuquerque	Southwest
New York	Wendy Marie Mock	21	Levittown	Northeast
North Carolina	Christa Tyson		Monroe	South
North Dakota	Jennifer Seminary	24	Fargo	Midwest
Ohio	Andrea Pacione		North Royalton	Midwest
Oklahoma	Brenda Caudle		Oklahoma City	South
Oregon	Dawn Kennedy[7]		Lake Oswego	Northwest
Pennsylvania	Kimmarie Johnson		Pittsburgh	Northeast
Rhode Island	Juli Roach		Wakefield	Northeast
South Carolina	Kelli Gosnell	22	Pacolet	South
South Dakota	Kara Rovere	22	Sturgis	Midwest
Tennessee	Camila 'Cammy' Gregory †	25	Paris	South
Texas	Angie Sisk[8]	21	Houston	Southwest
Utah	Natalie Pyper	24	Salt Lake City	Southwest
Vermont	Jodi Sicely		Burlington	Northeast
Virginia	Stephanie Satterfield[9]	19	Virginia Beach	South
Washington	Kandi Fletcher		Longview	Northwest
West Virginia	Jennifer Johnson		Huntington	South
Wisconsin	Heather Hanson	20	Madison/Cascade	Midwest
Wyoming	Leissann Marie Stolz		Cheyenne	Northwest

• In a record for the time, eleven contestants had previously competed in either the Miss Teen USA or Miss America pageants:
• Delegates who had previously competed at Miss Teen USA were:
  • Kelly Hu (Hawaii) - Miss Hawaii Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1985
  • Jan Hoyer (Iowa) - Miss Iowa Teen USA 1987
  • Erin Nance (Georgia) - Miss Georgia Teen USA 1988
  • Jennifer Seminary (North Dakota) - Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1988
  • Kristen Anderson (Montana) - Miss Montana Teen USA 1988
  • Jana Durban (Colorado) - Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989
  • Stephanie Satterfield (Virginia) - Miss Virginia Teen USA 1989
  • Mary Ann Cimino (Maryland) - Miss Maryland Teen USA 1990
  • Tavia Shackels (Kansas) - Miss Missouri Teen USA 1990 (Top 12 semifinalist at Miss Teen USA 1990)
  • Allison Benusis (Connecticut) - Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1991
• Delegate who had previously held a Miss America state title:
  • Amy Fissel (New Jersey) - Miss New Jersey 1991
• Lisa Higgins (Indiana) competed in the 1990 Mother/Daughter USA Pageant representing the state of Kentucky

• This was the first year that Kimberly Greenwood, Miss Tennessee USA 1989, directed the Miss Tennessee USA pageant.[10] She remains the director for Tennessee, and also for Georgia, and has produced two Miss USA winners.
• This was the third out of seven years that introducing the delegates in regions. However, this was the first year that the states and the regions was designated differently from the United States Census Bureau.[11] (See List of regions in the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions for more information about the regions.)

• Carol Alt
• Richard Moll
• Cristina Saralegui
• Richard Alleman
• Leah McCloskey
• Fred Hayman
• Tova Borgnine
• Ron Greschner
• Mitzi Kapture
• Charley Pride

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