Miss USA 1988
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| Miss USA 1988 | |
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| Date: | March 1, 1988 |
| Presenters: | Alan Thicke |
| Venue: | El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, TX |
| Broadcaster: | CBS |
| Winner: | Courtney Gibbs |
| Represented: |  Texas |
| Congeniality: | Elva Anderson |
| Photogenic: | Rowanne Brewer |
Miss USA 1988, the 37th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the El Paso Civic Center in El Paso, Texas on March 1, 1988. At the conclusion of the final competition, Courtney Gibbs of Texas was crowned Miss USA, becoming the fourth consecutive winner from Texas.[1]
The pageant was hosted by Alan Thicke, the first time in twenty years that Bob Barker did not host andthe pageant commentator was Tracy Scroggins.[2] Barker, an animal rights activist, refused to be involved because one of the winner's prizes was a fur coat.[3] There had been controversy surrounding the fur coats since the previous year, and Barker claimed he had asked pageant officials not to give away coats for years but that he had been ignored.[4] Other animal rights activists threatened to picket the pageant in protest at its fur policy and disrupted a pre-pageant press conference.[5].[6] In an unrelated attack, Scoggins was attacked in an elevator following pageant rehearsals. The attacker was charged with attempted sexual assault.[7]
This was the first time that the pageant was held in Texas and the only time it was ever held in El Paso. El Paso had hosted the Miss Teen USA 1987 pageant the previous, and it was announced in November 1987 that the city would likely host Miss USA 1988.[8]
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[edit] Results
[edit] Placements
- Miss USA 1988: Courtney Gibbs (Texas)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Diana Magaña (California)
- 2nd runner-up: Donna Rampy (Georgia)
- 3rd runner-up: Monica Farrell (Florida)
- 4th runner-up: Dana Richmond (Mississippi)
- The remaining semi-finalists were (in order of placement): Tamara Walker (Oklahoma), Cina Zordani (Illinois), Stephanie Potts (Tennessee), Rowanne Brewer (Maryland), April Abel (South Carolina)
[edit] Special awards
- Miss Congeniality: Elva Anderson (District of Columbia)
- Miss Photogenic: Rowanne Brewer (Maryland)[9]
[edit] Final competition
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[edit] Delegates
The Miss USA 1988 delegates were:
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[edit] Contestant notes
- Two contestants had previously competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant. They were Kris Keim (Arizona), who was Miss Arizona Teen USA 1983, and Melissa Staples (Arkansas), who was Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1984
- Two contestants had previously competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant. They were Mary Kay Anderson (Wisconsin), formerly Miss Wisconsin 1985 and Monica Farrell (Florida), formerly Miss Florida 1985.
- Prior to the pageant Suzanne Pitman (Kentucky) was arrested on a drunk-driving charge but allowed to compete in the pageant.[14]
- Miss Minnesota USA winner Sue Bolich was resigned her title one week after she was arrested for shoplifting.[15][16] The other pageant contestants were already in El Paso at the time of her resignation, and first runner-up Jolene Stavrakis was to be sent in Bolich's place. However, Stavrakis also had a previous shoplifting charge on her record, and she too withdrew from the pageant.[17] Julie Nelson, second runner-up in the state pageant, assumed the title and represented Minnesota at Miss USA.[18]
Miss Maryland- Rowanne Brewer 1993; Arrested in Los Angeles, CA DUI. 1999 arrested in Los Angeles, CA Domestic Violence, CA. 2-27-2002 arrested in Akron, Ohio Domestic Violence. 1-11-07 arrested in Wilmington, NC for child endangerment. As a result her child was placed in foster care. 4-10-08 arrested for DWI Wilmington, NC. Presently she is on the wanted list in Wilmington, NC [19]
