Miss America 1983 Candidates

Alabama — Yolanda Teresa Fernandez
Alaska — Kristan Cheryl Sapp
Arizona — Debra Ann Daniels
Arkansas — Mary Stuart
California — Debra Sue Maffett
Colorado — Deborah Kay Davids
Connecticut — Kelly Slater
Delaware — Nancy Ellen Farley
Florida — Deanna Katherine Pitman
Georgia — Bobbie Eakes
Hawaii — Gale Lee Thomas
Idaho — Lisa Eaton
Illinois — Jaleigh Jeffers
Indiana — Ilona Conway
Iowa — Linda Lee Simon
Kansas — Lisa Marie Berwick
Kentucky — Gwendolyn Suzann Witten
Louisiana — Bobbie Lynn Candler
Maine — Rebecca Louise Beck
Maryland — Lynne Carol Graham
Massachusetts — Lisa Jean Scorgie
Michigan — Kathy Lou Pennington
Minnesota — Laurie Saarinen
Mississippi — Dianne Evans
Missouri — Julie Phillips
Montana — Kim Knauf
Nebraska — Sandra Haschke
Nevada — Kim Rebecca King
New Hampshire — Amy Kathleen Bowker
New Jersey — Christina Shone
New Mexico — Cindy Ann Friesen
New York — Eileen Diane Clark
North Carolina — Elizabeth Gray Williams
North Dakota — Jeana Wolf
Ohio — Debra Diane Gombert
Oklahoma — Nancy Chapman
Oregon — Laura Ann Matthys
Pennsylvania — Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh
Rhode Island — Cynthia Lynne Crook
South Carolina — Julia Diane Hill
South Dakota — Tara Leich Meyerink
Tennessee — Desiree Denise Daniels
Texas — Gloria Gilbert
Utah — Cindy Quinn
Vermont — Jill Wyckoff
Virginia — Beverly Cooke
Washington — Monica Annette Hart
West Virginia — Kelly Lea Anderson
Wisconsin — Gail Marie Soller
Wyoming — Janie Hertzler