Miss America 1995

Miss America 1995, the 68th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 17, 1994 and was televised by the NBC Network.

Miss America 1995
DateSeptember 17, 1994
PresentersRegis Philbin
Kathie Lee Gifford
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerHeather Whitestone
Alabama

Heather Whitestone, the winner representing Alabama, became the first deaf Miss America.

Results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss America 1995
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Quality of Life awards

Result Contestant
Winner
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up

Non-finalist awards

Awards Contestant
Talent
Interview

Other awards

Awards Contestant
Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award
Dr. David Allman Medical Scholarship
Rembrandt Award for Mentorship
Waterford Crystal Business Scholarship

Delegates

StateNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementAwardsNotes
AlabamaHeather WhitestoneBirmingham21Ballet en Pointe "Via Dolorosa"Miss America 1995Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Preliminary Talent Award

Quality of Life 1st runner-up
First deaf Miss Alabama and Miss America
AlaskaPatricia MarlowEagle River24Vocal "If We Were In Love"
ArizonaStacy AgrenMesa21Classical PianoQuality of Life Award Winner

Non-finalist Talent Award
ArkansasBeth Anne RankinMagnolia23PianoNon-finalist Talent Award
CaliforniaJennifer HansonLa Habra21Vocal "Since I Fell for You"Non-finalist Talent Award
ColoradoShellene CockrellColorado Springs24Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing"
ConnecticutMaryGrace SantagataNew Haven24VocalNon-finalist Talent Award
DelawareLetitia Lee PuseyMillsboro23Lyrical Tap Dance
FloridaMegan WelchDeLand20Classical VocalNon-finalist Interview AwardNational Sweetheart 1993
GeorgiaAndrea Krahn Calhoun20Vocal "I Fall to Pieces"3rd runner-up
HawaiiCourtney Nicolle GlazaKaneohe22Classical Piano
IdahoTracy YarbroughBoise24Vocal "Over the Rainbow"Miss Idaho USA 1996
IllinoisChuti TiuChicago24Classical PianoNon-finalist Talent AwardAmerica's Junior Miss 1987 representing Wisconsin
IndianaTiffany StormBloomington24Dramatic Vocal "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"4th runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit Award

Bernie Wayne Talent Award
IowaTammy TruittDavenport21Dramatic Vocal "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon
KansasTrisha SchafferLiberal22Popular Vocal "Orange Colored Sky"Top 10Preliminary Talent AwardKansas' Junior Miss 1990
KentuckyLaura Sue HumphressCampbellsville22Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata"
LouisianaTiffany MockBossier City23Vocal "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
MaineVictoria ReynoldsBangor22Tap Dance
MarylandKarissa Brooke JonesHagerstown23Ballet en Pointe "The Can-Can"
MassachusettsSharon LeeSomerville24Classical Vocal "O Mio Babbino Caro"Non-finalist Talent Award
MichiganMaria Malay KamaraZeeland24Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La TraviataNon-finalist Talent Award
MinnesotaEileen Van DriestWinona23Classical Flute
MississippiRebecca BlouinBatesville23Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'"Top 10
MissouriAnn Marie SunSpringfield22PianoDr. David Allman Medical Scholarship
MontanaYvonne DehnerBrockton24Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New MoonTop 10Preliminary Talent Award
NebraskaJennifer LoveNorth Platte21Classical Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller
NevadaLaura HubachReno22Classical Piano
New HampshireShannon HastingsNewport21Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard
New JerseyJennifer MakrisCherry Hill21Jazz Vocal "The Man that Got Away"2nd runner-upMiss New Jersey USA 1997 and Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1997
New MexicoFelicia BorregoTijeras23Ballet Folklorico
New YorkDione Lee RobinsonGansevoort21Dramatic Monologue
North CarolinaDana StephensonGarner20Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me"Non-finalist Talent Award
North DakotaNicci ElkinsGrand Forks21Tap DanceMiss North Dakota Teen USA 1991 and Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1991
OhioLea MackPickerington21Vocal "Think of Me"Top 10Quality of Life 2nd runner-upOhio's Junior Miss 1991
OklahomaTiffany CraigNorman24Vocal "If Only"
OregonRoberta StenbeckRoseburg23Piano
PennsylvaniaKirstin BorderGlen Rock24Violin "Czardas with a Twist of Orange"
Rhode IslandTori-Lynn HeatonCranston24Character Jazz DanceFirst Sworn Police Officer to compete at Miss America
South CarolinaKristie GreeneGreenville24Comedy Vocal "Exactly Like Me"
South DakotaKristi BauerBrookings23Interpretive Ballet
TennesseeLori SmithOcoee21Piano "The Firefly" by Anton Bilotti
TexasArian ArcherBorger20Vocal "Almost Over You"Top 10
UtahBrooke AndersonWest Valley City21Ballet
VermontVanessa BranchLondon, England, United Kingdom21Dramatic MonologueRembrandt Award for MentorshipHeld dual citizenship in the UK & United States, Won Miss Vermont as a student at Middlebury College
VirginiaCullen JohnsonNorfolk23Classical Piano "Sonata Pathetique"1st runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit Award

Waterford Crystal Business Scholarship
WashingtonAnnalee KleinEnumclaw24Country Vocal "Sweet Dreams"
West VirginiaJennifer BoppElkins22Vocal "It's Only a Paper Moon"
WisconsinLaura VossGreen Bay22Semi-Classical Vocal "West Side Story melodies"
WyomingTrisha RamirezCheyenne23Piano

Judges

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