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{{Short description|36th Miss USA pageant}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| image = File:Miss_USA_1987_opening_titles.jpg
| winner = [[Michelle Royer]]
| represented = {{flagicon|Texas}} [[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]
| date = February 17, 1987
| presenters = {{Hlist|[[Bob Barker]] and| [[Mary Frann]]}}
| acts = {{Hlist|[[Chuck Connors]], | The Kirtland Air Force Saber Drill Team, |The Naval Air Training Command Choir}}
| entrants = 52
| placements = 11
| venue = [[Tingley Coliseum]] in, [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| broadcaster = [[CBS]], [[KRQE]]
| congeniality = {{flagicon|California}} Lori Lynn Dickerson (California)
| photogenic = {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} Sophia Marie Bowen (Georgia)
| before = [[Miss USA 1986|1986]]
| next = [[Miss USA 1988|1988]]
|}}
}}'''Miss USA 1987''', the 36th [[Miss USA]] pageant, was televised live on February 17 from [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] on [[CBS]]. The ceremonies were hosted for the last time by [[Bob Barker]]. At the conclusion of the final competition, [[Michelle Royer]] of [[Miss Texas USA|Texas]] was crowned Miss USA, becoming the third consecutive winner from Texas.
 
}}'''Miss USA 1987''', was the 36th [[Miss USA]] pageant, was televised live on February 17 from [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] on [[CBS]]. The ceremonies were hosted for the last time by [[Bob Barker]]. At the conclusion of the final competition, [[Michelle Royer]] of [[Miss Texas USA|Texas]] was crowned Miss USA, becoming the third consecutive winner from Texas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Model from Texas wins Miss USA 1987 title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post/12432888/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=Courier-Post |date=February 18, 1987 |pages=53}}</ref>
==Results==
 
===Placements= Results ==
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=== Placements ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Final results
! Contestant
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| '''Miss USA 1987'''
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* '''{{flagicon|Texas}} [[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]''' - '''[[Michelle Royer]]'''
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| '''1st runnerRunner-up'''<br>'''Miss World USA 1987'''
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* '''{{flagicon|Florida}} [[Miss Florida USA|Florida]]''' - Cloe Cabrera
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| '''2nd runnerRunner-up'''
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* '''{{flagicon|Arizona}} [[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''' - Diane Martin
|-
| '''3rd runnerRunner-up'''
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* '''{{flagicon|Missouri}} [[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' - Dawn Fonseca
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| '''4th runnerRunner-up'''
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* '''{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} [[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]]''' - Sophia Bowen
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| '''Top 11'''
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* '''{{flagicon|Mississippi|1894}} [[Miss Mississippi USA|Mississippi]]''' - Katharine Manning
* '''{{flagicon|New Mexico}} [[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]]''' - Kriston Killgore
* '''{{flagicon|Illinois}} [[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''' - Joan Berge
* '''{{flagicon|Nevada|1929}} [[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]''' - Tammy Perkins
* '''{{flagicon|West Virginia}} [[Miss West Virginia USA|West Virginia]]''' - Paula Morrison
* '''{{flagicon|Virginia}} [[Miss Virginia USA|Virginia]]''' - Marsha Ralls
|}
 
===Final competitionSpecial awards score===
* Congeniality: Lori Lynn Dickerson ([[Miss California USA|California]])
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* Photogenic: [[Sophia Bowen]] ([[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]])
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* Best State Costume: Kriston Gayle Killgore ([[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]])
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|-
! State!! Preliminary!!Interview !! Swimsuit !! Evening Gown!! Semifinal Average
|-
| style="background-color:#FADADD;"|Texas||style="background-color:#FADADD;"|9.577 (1) ||style="background-color:#FADADD;"|9.654 (2)||style="background-color:#FADADD;"|9.787 (1)||style="background-color:#FADADD;"|9.760 (1)||style="background-color:#FADADD;"|9.733 (1)
|-
| style="background-color:#eadafd;" |Florida||style="background-color:#eadafd;" |8.621 (8) ||style="background-color:#eadafd;" |9.688 (1) ||style="background-color:#eadafd;" |9.241 (6)||style="background-color:#eadafd;" |9.450 (5)||style="background-color:#eadafd;" |9.459 (2)
|-
| style="background-color:#ccff99;" |Arizona||style="background-color:#ccff99;" |8.895 (3)||style="background-color:#ccff99;" |9.273 (6)||style="background-color:#ccff99;" |9.400 (3)||style="background-color:#ccff99;" |9.538 (2)||style="background-color:#ccff99;" |9.403 (4)
|-
| style="background-color:#ffff99;" |Missouri||style="background-color:#ffff99;" |8.618 (9) ||style="background-color:#ffff99;" |9.372 (4) ||style="background-color:#ffff99;" |9.433 (2)||style="background-color:#ffff99;" |9.516 (3)||style="background-color:#ffff99;" |9.440 (3)
|-
| style="background-color:#d9eefb;" |Georgia||style="background-color:#d9eefb;" |8.802 (5)||style="background-color:#d9eefb;" |9.366 (5)||style="background-color:#d9eefb;" |9.366 (4)||style="background-color:#d9eefb;" |9.464 (4)||style="background-color:#d9eefb;" |9.398 (5)
|-
| Mississippi||8.984 (2)||9.400 (3)||9.283 (5)||9.226 (6)||9.303 (6)
|-
| New Mexico||8.847 (4)||8.933 (7) ||8.988 (8)||9.133 (7)||9.018 (7)
|-
| Illinois||8.577 (10) ||8.822 (8)||8.722 (9)||8.911 (9)||8.818 (8)
|-
| Nevada||8.577 (10)||8.511 (11)||9.033 (7)||8.777 (11)|| 8.774 (9)
|-
| West Virginia||8.666 (7)||8.544 (10)||8.698 (10)||8.988 (8)||8.743 (10)
|-
| Virginia||8.685 (6)||8.611 (9)||8.600 (11)||8.811 (10)||8.674 (11)
|}
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:{{legend2|#FADADD}} Winner
:{{legend2|#eadafd}} First runner-up
:{{legend2|#ccff99}} Second runner-up
:{{legend2|#ffff99}} Third runner-up
:{{legend2|#d9eefb}} Fourth runner-up
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===Special awards===
*Congeniality: Lori Lynn Dickerson ([[Miss California USA|California]])
*Photogenic: [[Sophia Bowen]] ([[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]])
*Best State Costume: Kriston Gayle Killgore ([[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]])
 
===Background music===
*'''Opening Number:''' "[[Everybody Have Fun Tonight]]" by [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] ([[Cover version]]) and "Victory" by [[Kool and the Gang]]
== Historical significance ==
* '''[[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]''' wins competition for the fourth time and third in a row.
* '''[[Miss Florida USA|Florida]]''' earns the ''1st runner-up'' position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in [[Miss USA 1958|1958]].
* '''[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''' earns the ''2nd runner-up'' position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in [[Miss USA 1971|1971]]. Also this was the highest placement since [[Jineane Ford]] in [[Miss USA 1980|1980]].
* '''[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' earns the ''3rd runner-up'' position for the third time. The last time it placed this was in [[Miss USA 1984|1984]].
* '''[[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]]''' earns the ''4th runner-up'' position for the fourth time. The last time it placed this was in [[Miss USA 1970|1970]].
* States that placed in semifinals the previous year were '''[[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]]''', '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''', '''[[Miss Mississippi USA|Mississippi]]''' and '''[[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]'''.
* '''[[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]''' placed for the thirteenth consecutive year.
* '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''' placed for the fourth consecutive year.
* '''[[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]]''' and '''[[Miss Mississippi USA|Mississippi]]''' made their second consecutive placement.
* '''[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''', '''[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' and '''[[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1985|1985]].
* '''[[Miss West Virginia USA|West Virginia]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1984|1984]].
* '''[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1983|1983]].
* '''[[Miss Virginia USA|Virginia]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1982|1982]].
* '''[[Miss Florida USA|Florida]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1980|1980]].
* '''[[Miss Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma]]''' breaks an ongoing streak of placements since [[Miss USA 1983|1983]].
Note: This is the final year that Bob Barker hosted the pageant after 20 consecutive years (1967-1987). His stance on fur coats being given as prizes and being worn by the top 11 during the telecast's swimsuit completion resulted in a great deal of media attention surrounding the issue. Bob Barker resigned and Alan Thicke became the host in 1988.
 
== Delegates ==
The Miss USA 1987 delegates were:<ref>{{cite news |title=Tribute Program to the Miss USA 1987 contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-miss-usa-1987-co/111895377/ |work=The Albuquerque Tribune |date=February 17, 1987 |pages=8}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|Alabama}} '''[[Miss Alabama USA|Alabama]]''' - Rhonda Garrett
*{{flagicon|Alaska}} '''[[Miss Alaska USA|Alaska]]''' - Shelly Dunlevy
*{{flagicon|Arizona}} '''[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''' - Diane Lynn Martin
*{{flagicon|Arkansas|1924}} '''[[Miss Arkansas USA|Arkansas]]''' - Sheri Smeltzer
*{{flagicon|California}} '''[[Miss California USA|California]]''' - Lori Lynn Dickerson
*{{flagicon|Colorado}} '''[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]]''' - Polly Kuska
*{{flagicon|Connecticut}} '''[[Miss Connecticut USA|Connecticut]]''' - Jolene Foy
*{{flagicon|Delaware}} '''[[Miss Delaware USA|Delaware]]''' - Shellie Haralson
*{{flagicon|Washington, D.C.}} '''[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]]''' - Edwina Richard
*{{flagicon|Florida}} '''[[Miss Florida USA|Florida]]''' - Clotilde “Cloe”"Cloe" Helen Cabrera
*{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} '''[[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]]''' - Sophia Marie Bowen
*{{flagicon|Hawaii}} '''[[Miss Hawaii USA|Hawaii]]''' - Deborah Laslo
*{{flagicon|Idaho}} '''[[Miss Idaho USA|Idaho]]''' - Vicki Hoffman
*{{flagicon|Illinois}} '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''' - Joan Elizabeth Berge
*{{flagicon|Indiana}} '''[[Miss Indiana USA|Indiana]]''' - Alecia Rae Masalkoski
*{{flagicon|Iowa}} '''[[Miss Iowa USA|Iowa]]''' - Katy Lynn Magee
*{{flagicon|Kansas}} '''[[Miss Kansas USA|Kansas]]''' - Martina Castle
*{{flagicon|Kentucky}} '''[[Miss Kentucky USA|Kentucky]]''' - Beth Ann Clark
*{{flagicon|Louisiana|1912}} '''[[Miss Louisiana USA|Louisiana]]''' - Carol Carter
*{{flagicon|Maine}} '''[[Miss Maine USA|Maine]]''' - Ginger Kilgore
*{{flagicon|Maryland}} '''[[Miss Maryland USA|Maryland]]''' - Michelle Snow
*{{flagicon|Massachusetts}} '''[[Miss Massachusetts USA|Massachusetts]]''' - Rosanna Iversen
*{{flagicon|Michigan}} '''[[Miss Michigan USA|Michigan]]''' - Elizabeth Puleo
*{{flagicon|Minnesota}} '''[[Miss Minnesota USA|Minnesota]]''' - Christine Rosenberger
*{{flagicon|Mississippi|1894}} '''[[Miss Mississippi USA|Mississippi]]''' - Katharine Clare Manning
*{{flagicon|Missouri}} '''[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' - Dawn Theresa Fonseca
*{{flagicon|Montana}} '''[[Miss Montana USA|Montana]]''' - Constance Colla
*{{flagicon|Nebraska}} '''[[Miss Nebraska USA|Nebraska]]''' - Amy Anderson
*{{flagicon|Nevada|1929}} '''[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]''' - Tammy Lee Perkins
*{{flagicon|New_Hampshire}} '''[[Miss New Hampshire USA|New Hampshire]]''' - Laurie Durkee
*{{flagicon|New_Jersey}} '''[[Miss New Jersey USA|New Jersey]]''' - Stacey Fox
*{{flagicon|New_Mexico}} '''[[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]]''' - Kriston Gayle Killgore
*{{flagicon|New_York}} '''[[Miss New York USA|New York]]''' - Constance McCullough
*{{flagicon|North_Carolina|1885}} '''[[Miss North Carolina USA|North Carolina]]''' - Donna Wilson
*{{flagicon|North_Dakota}} '''[[Miss North Dakota USA|North Dakota]]''' - Shelley Gangness
*{{flagicon|Ohio}} '''[[Miss Ohio USA|Ohio]]''' - Hallie Bonnell
*{{flagicon|Oklahoma|1941}} '''[[Miss Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma]]''' - Dyan Rody
*{{flagicon|Oregon}} '''[[Miss Oregon USA|Oregon]]''' - Tamara Primiano
*{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} '''[[Miss Pennsylvania USA|Pennsylvania]]''' - Lisa Rynkiewicz
*{{flagicon|Rhode Island}} '''[[Miss Rhode Island USA|Rhode Island]]''' - Lisa Benson
*{{flagicon|South_Carolina}} '''[[Miss South Carolina USA|South Carolina]]''' - Elizabeth Woodard
*{{flagicon|South_Dakota|1963}} '''[[Miss South Dakota USA|South Dakota]]''' - Jana van Woudenberg
*{{flagicon|Tennessee}} '''[[Miss Tennessee USA|Tennessee]]''' - Molly Diane Brown
*{{flagicon|Texas}} '''[[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]''' - '''''[[Michelle Royer|Michelle Renee Royer]]'''''
*{{flagicon|Utah|1913}} '''[[Miss Utah USA|Utah]]''' - Patty Thorpe
*{{flagicon|Vermont}} '''[[Miss Vermont USA|Vermont]]''' - Carole Woodworth
*{{flagicon|Virginia}} '''[[Miss Virginia USA|Virginia]]''' - Marsha Ann Ralls
*{{flagicon|Washington}} '''[[Miss Washington USA|Washington]]''' - Jennifer Doerflinger
*{{flagicon|West_Virginia}} '''[[Miss West Virginia USA|West Virginia]]''' - Paula Jean Morrison
*{{flagicon|Wisconsin}} '''[[Miss Wisconsin USA|Wisconsin]]''' - Regina Maria Part
*{{flagicon|Wyoming}} '''[[Miss Wyoming USA|Wyoming]]''' - Michelle Renee Zimermann
*''' [[Miss Teen USA|Miss Teen USA]] 1986]]''' - [[Allison Brown]] ({{flag|Oklahoma|1941}})
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== Judges ==
* [[Rebeca Arthur]]
* [[Doug Higgins]]
* [[Betty Hyatt-Aikman]]
* [[Rhett Turner]]
* [[Lisa Brown (actress)|Lisa Brown]]
* [[Marc Schwartz]]
* [[Caryn Richman]]
* [[Dick Zimmerman]]
* [[Kim Morgan Greene]]
* [[Gwen Jones]]
* [[Fred Travalena]]
 
== Controversy ==
Host Bob Barker, a fervent animal rights activist, threatened to pull out of the pageant when he discovered that the delegates would be wearing real fur coats during the swimsuit competition segment. As Barker was already in New Mexico at the time, there was no time to find a replacement host and pageant officials agreed to a change. The delegates wore simulated fur for the segment, but real fur was still given as a prize to the Miss USA winner. Barker went on to host the 1987 Miss Universe pageant held in Singapore in May before stepping down for good.<ref>[http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/09/Floridian/At_80__Bob_Barker_is_.shtml]{{dead link|date=September 2022}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
* [[Miss Universe 1987]]
* [[Miss Teen USA 1987]]
 
== References ==
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[[Category:1987 beauty pageants]]
[[Category:1987 in New Mexico]]
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[[Category:Miss World America|1987]]
[[Category:1987 in New Mexico]]