Miss USA 1980 Shawn Weatherly, Miss South Carolina
Shawn won Miss Universe 1980.
Miss USA 1981 Kim Seelbrede, Miss Ohio
Miss USA 1982 Terri Utley, Miss Arkansas
"What a reaction!"
Miss USA 1983 Julie Hayek, Miss California
Miss USA 1984 Mai Shanley, Miss New Mexico
Miss USA 1985 (the year I was born)
Laura Elena Herring, Miss Texas, the first of five consecutive Miss USAs from Texas
Miss USA 1986 Christy Fichtner, Miss Texas
1st runner up was Halle Berry (yes, that Halle Berry)
Miss USA 1987 Michelle Royer, Miss Texas
Miss USA 1988 Courtney Gibbs, Miss Texas
Miss USA 1989 Gretchen Polhemus, Miss Texas
Miss USA 1990 Carole Gist, Miss Michigan
Miss USA 1991 Kelli McCarty, Miss Kansas
Kelli played Beth on Passions.
Miss USA 1992 Shannon Marketic, Miss California
Miss USA 1993 Kenya Summer Moore, Miss Michigan
Miss USA 1994 Lu Parker, Miss South Carolina
This is the first pageant I can really remember.
Miss USA 1995 Chelsi Smith, Miss Texas
Chelsi would go on to become the first Miss USA since 1980 to win Miss Universe. Her 1st runner
up, Shanna Moakler (yes, the reality TV star who had that catfight with Paris Hilton), became Miss USA 1995, which explains
why she is crowning Ali Landry in 1996.
Miss USA 1996 Ali Landry, Miss Louisiana
Ali starred in a commercial for Doritos before dating that hunky Mario Lopez. From 1998-2000,
Ali would be up in the commentator's booth with Julie Moran.
Miss USA 1997 Brook Mehealani Lee, Miss Hawaii
Brook became Miss Universe and Brandi Sherwood, her first runner up, and a former Miss Teen
USA 1989, was crowned the new Miss USA.
