Miss America 1997 Candidates

Alabama — Alison McCreary
Alaska — Christine Maria Buschur
Arizona — Erin Ashley Gingrich
Arkansas — Melonie June McGarrah
California — Lyndsay R. Kahler
Colorado — Michelle Stanley
Connecticut — Stacy Lynn Perrone
Delaware — Aimee Michelle Voshell
Florida — Jamie Lynn Bolding
Georgia — Shea Olliff
Hawaii — Melissa Ann Short
Idaho — Misty Marriah Esplin
Illinois — Tania Joy Gibson
Indiana — Shani Lynn Nielsen
Iowa — Natasha Ann Courter
Kansas — Tara Dawn Holland
Kentucky — Veronica Marie Duka
Louisiana — Erika Rachael Schwarz
Maine — Sarah Anne Nadeau
Maryland — Susan Elizabeth Alexander
Massachusetts — Lori Anne Flick
Michigan — Jennifer Lynn Drayton
Minnesota — Sherry Lynn Johnson
Mississippi — Kari Ann Litton
Missouri — Kimberly Anne Massaro
Montana — Aubrey Jo Hiller
Nebraska — Rachel Ramona White
Nevada — Annette Nicole Albertson
New Hampshire — Michelle Carmen Tolson
New Jersey — Melanie Joyce Bell
New Mexico — Trisha Williams
New York — Tammy Marie Harris
North Carolina — Jennifer Michelle Roberts
North Dakota — Stephanie Lee Hamilton
Ohio — Robyn Hancock
Oklahoma — Amy Linn Duncan
Oregon — Patricia Regan Leines
Pennsylvania — GiGi Marie Gordon
Rhode Island — Elana Eve Chomiszak
South Carolina — Angela Michelle Hughes
South Dakota — Stephanie Carisa Camp
Tennessee — Jeni Stephens
Texas — Michelle Martinez
Utah — Nanette Pearson
Vermont — Nicole Irene Juvan
Virginia — Michelle Jin Kang
Washington — Janet Louise Reasons
West Virginia — Kari Anne Safford
Wisconsin — Jennifer Marie Streblow
Wyoming — Rebecca Darrington