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Miss World USA 1977
Date	September 3, 1977
Venue	Bridgeport, Connecticut
Entrants	46
Placements	5
Winner	Cindy Darlene Miller Virginia
← 1976 1978 →

Miss World USA 1977 was the 16th edition of the Miss World USA pageant, held in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The title was won by Cindy Darlene Miller of Virginia. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Kimberly Marre Foley of Michigan. Miller went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1977 Pageant in London later that year. She finished as 4th runner-up at Miss World.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World USA 1977	Virginia – Cindy Darlene Miller
1st Runner-Up	District of Columbia – Donna Lynn Dixon
2nd Runner-Up	Florida – Janet Gail Wilson
3rd Runner-Up	New York – Kathleen Downey
4th Runner-Up	Georgia - Regina Renee Crawford

Delegates

The Miss World USA 1977 delegates were:

Alabama - Regina Parks
Alaska - Laura Windsor
Arizona - Linda Mauldin
Arkansas - Sharon Kay Boyd
California - Melissa Prophet
Colorado - Diana V. Wright
Connecticut - Dorothy Mendygral
Delaware - Graceann Di Andrea
District of Columbia - Donna Lynn Dixon
Florida - Janet Gail Wilson
Georgia - Regina Renee Crawford
Hawaii - Unknown
Idaho - Jalynne Almond
Illinois - Susan Barbara Matison
Indiana - Renee Dian Roman
Iowa - Lisa Ann Plumb
Kansas - Diane M. Hagen
Kentucky - Daphne Tuitele
Louisiana - Melanie Jo Bergeron
Maine - Jeanie Green
Maryland - Lydia Vuynovich
Massachusetts - Cheryl Patricia Hyttinen
Michigan - Denise Ostrowski
Mississippi - Vickie Smith
Missouri - Cindy L. Frasher
Nebraska - Diane Renee Evers
Nevada - Kimberly Claudette Baucum
New Hampshire - Cindy Lee Prindiville
New Jersey - Susan Leahy
New Mexico - Kathleen Carrie Callahan
New York - Kathleen Downey
North Carolina - Betty Lou Hutchinson
Ohio - Deborah K. Thorne
Oklahoma - Sandy L. Schwarz
Pennsylvania - Janice Lee O’Brien
Rhode Island - Battistina Del Vecchio
South Carolina - Teresia Ann Woods
Tennessee - Anita Katherine Ray
Texas - Denise Ann Kranich
Utah - Sheryl L. Gunter
Vermont - K. Michele Linderman
Virginia - Cindy Darlene Miller
Washington - Unknown
West Virginia - Retha Hellms
Wisconsin - Margaret Mary Atherton
Wyoming - Mary Elizabeth Oliver

Notes

Did not Compete

Crossovers

Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:

Miss USA

1976: District of Columbia: Donna Lynn Dixon (as Virginia)

Miss World America

1979: New Mexico: Kathleen Carrie Callahan

References

West, Donald (ed.). "Miss World USA 1975-77". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013.

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