| MISS AMERICA 1997 DELEGATES |
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| ARIZONA
Erin Gingrich |
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| ARKANSAS
Melonie McGarrah |
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| ALABAMA
Alison McCreary 3rd RUNNER-UP |
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| ALASKA
Christine Buschur |
| CONNECTICUT
Stacy Perrone |
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| DELAWARE
Aimee Michelle Voshell |
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| CALIFORNIA
Lyndsay Kahler |
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| COLORADO
Michelle Stanley |
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| GEORGIA
Shea Olliff |
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| HAWAII
Melissa Short SEMI-FINALIST PREL.TALENT PREL.SWIMSUIT |
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| DIST. OF COLUMBIA |
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| FLORIDA
Jamie Bolding |
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| INDIANA Shani Lynn Nielsen SEMI-FINALIST PREL.TALENT |
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| IOWA
Natasha Ann Courter |
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| IDAHO
Misty Mariah Esplin |
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| ILLINOIS
Tanya Joy Gibson |
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| LOUISIANA
Erika Schwarz 1st RUNNER-UP |
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| MAINE
Sarah Nadeau |
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| KANSAS
Tara Dawn Holland MISS AMERICA PREL.SWIMSUIT |
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| KENTUCKY
Veronica Marie Duka SEMI-FINALIST |
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| MICHIGAN
Jennifer Lynn Drayton |
| MINNESOTA
Sherri Johnson |
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| MARYLAND
Susan Elizabeth Alexander |
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| MASSACHUSETTS
Lori Flick |
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| MONTANA
Aubrey Jo Hiller |
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| NEBRASKA
Rachel White |
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| MISSISSIPPI
Kariann Litton SEMI-FINALIST |
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| MISSOURI
Kimberly Massaro 4th RUNNER-UP |
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| NEW JERSEY
Melanie Joyce Bell |
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| NEW MEXICO
Trisha Williams |
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| NEVADA
Annette Albertson |
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| NEW HAMPSHIRE
Michelle Tolson |
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| NORTH DAKOTA
Stephanie Hamilton |
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| OHIO
Robyn Hancock |
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| NEW YORK
Tammy Marie Harris |
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| NORTH CAROLINA
Jennifer Michelle Roberts |
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| PENNSYLVANIA
GiGi Gordon |
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| RHODE ISLAND
Elana Eve Chomiszak |
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| OKLAHOMA Amy Duncan |
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| OREGON
Patricia Leines 2nd RUNNER-UP PREL.TALENT PREL.SWIMSUIT |
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| TENNESSEE
Jeni Stephens |
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| TEXAS
Michelle Martinez SEMI-FINALIST |
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| SOUTH CAROLINA
Angela Michelle Hughes |
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| SOUTH DAKOTA
Stephanie Camp |
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| VIRGINIA
Michelle Kang |
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| WASHINGTON
Janet Reasons |
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| UTAH
Nanett Pearson |
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| VERMONT
Nicole Irene Juvan |
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| WISCONSIN
Jennifer Streblow |
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| WYOMING
Rebecca Darrington |
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| WEST VIRGINIA
Kari Safford |
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