Miss USA 1992

Miss USA 1992
Date	February 7, 1992
Presenters	Dick Clark, Terry Murphy and Deborah Shelton
Venue	Century II Convention Center, Wichita, Kansas
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	51
Placements	11
Winner	Shannon Marketic California
Congeniality	Alesia Prentiss
Photogenic	Shannon Marketic

Miss USA 1992, the 41st Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 7 February 1992.

At the conclusion of the final competition, Shannon Marketic of California was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kelli McCarty of Kansas. Shannon became the fifth Miss USA titleholder from California and also the second Miss California USA to win both the Photogenic award and Miss USA crown, making her state the first one to repeat this feat. She is also the 4th Miss Photogenic to be crowned as Miss USA after winning the award.

The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark, with color commentary by Terry Murphy and Deborah Shelton, Miss USA 1970.

This was the third of four years that the pageant was held in Wichita.

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Alesia Prentiss (Nevada)
• Miss Photogenic: Shannon Marketic (California)
• Best State Costume: Heather Christine Gray (Indiana)
• Best in Swimsuit: Candace Michelle Brown (Alabama)

Historical significance

• California continued their tradition of producing one Miss USA winner in every decade. This was California's third top three finish in five years.
• South Carolina finished in the top three for the second time in three years, and Kentucky made the top six for the second time in three years.
• Alabama placed for the second consecutive year, following a ten-year period without placement from 1981-1990. This was Alabama's highest placement since 1975, and would not be equalled until 2003.
• North Carolina placed for the second consecutive year, the first time this had happened since 1974-1975.
• Georgia placed in the top six for the sixth time in seven years. The exception being 1991.

Scores

Preliminary competition

The following are the contestants' scores in the preliminary competition.

Final competition

Delegates

The Miss USA 1992 delegates were:

Contestant notes

• Three contestants had previously competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
  • Kimberlee Girrens (Kansas) - Miss Kansas Teen USA 1986
  • Linda Kiene (Maine) - Miss Maine Teen USA 1986
  • Renee Rebstock (Maryland) - Miss Maryland Teen USA 1987
• Sharon Belden (Florida) later competed as Miss United States in Miss World 1992 and placed as semi-finalist.
• Maya Walker (Oklahoma) had previously competed at Miss America 1989 as Miss Colorado, where she placed first runner-up.
• Tess Elliott (North Carolina) was killed seven months later in a freak sky-diving accident.^[1]
• Vickie Myers (West Virginia) was from 2005 to 2006 arrested three times in eighteen months for drunk driving and was found dead in her home in January 2007.^[2][3] No foul play was suspected in her death.

Judges

• Mickey Gilley
• Chantal Cloutier
• David Marlow
• Laura Harring, Miss USA 1985 from Texas
• Toller Cranston
• Paula McClure
• Paul Rodriguez
• Kimberly Russell

Steve DeBerg

References

External links

• Official website