# Miss USA 1991

Miss USA 1991 was the 40th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on February 22, 1991. At the conclusion of the final competition, Kelli McCarty of Kansas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Carole Gist of Michigan. McCarty became the first titleholder from Kansas and only the third winner to be crowned as Miss USA in her home state.
The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark for the third of five years, with color commentary by Barbara Eden for the only time, and Miss USA 1970 Deborah Shelton for the first time.
This was the second of four years that the pageant was held in Wichita, Kansas.
This year was the first time that the delegates were introduced region by region and one by one in the Parade of States. The regions are the Midwest, the South, the Northeast, the Northwest, and the Southwest.
This was also the last year that the 1st runner-up would go on to represent the US at Miss World, as the Miss World Organization from this point forward stopped accepting 1st runner-ups from Miss USA, due to the pageant not making a public announcement that the 1st runner-up was going to compete at Miss World. Starting in 1992, a separate pageant would be held to determine the US delegate for Miss World.

## Results
### Placements
#### Color keys

| Final Results | Contestant | International pageant | International Results |
| Miss USA 1991 | Kansas – Kelli McCarty | Miss Universe 1991 | Top 6 |
| 1st Runner-Up | New Jersey – Charlotte Ray | Miss World 1991 | Top 10 |
| 2nd Runner-Up | California – Diane Schock |
| Top 6 | Illinois – Lisa Morgan  North Carolina – Pat Arnold  Oklahoma -Julie Khoury |
| Top 11 | Alabama – Candy Carley  Arizona - Maricaroll Verlinde  Hawaii - Kym Lehua Digman  New York – Maureen Murray  Oregon – Olga Calderon |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality | New Jersey – Charlotte Ray |
| Miss Photogenic | North Carolina – Pat Arnold |
| Best State Costume | Arizona – Maricarroll Verlinde |

## Delegates

The Miss USA 1991 delegates were:
* Alabama - Candice Carley
* Alaska - Tiffany Smith
* Arizona - Maricarroll Verlinde
* Arkansas - Angela Rockwell
* California - Diane Schock
* Colorado - Melanie Ness
* Connecticut - Valorie Abate
* Delaware - Laurie Lucidonio
* District of Columbia - LaKecia Smith
* Florida - Rosa Velilla
* Georgia - Tamara Rhodes
* Hawaii - Kym Lehua Digmon
* Idaho - Lori Easley
* Illinois - Lisa Morgan
* Indiana - Cathi Bennett
* Iowa - Heather Bowers
* Kansas - Kelli McCarty
* Kentucky - Susan Farris
* Louisiana - Melinda Murphy
* Maine - Melissa Oliver
* Maryland - Lisa Marie Lawson
* Massachusetts - Laura Wheeler
* Michigan - Leann Pothi
* Minnesota - April Herke
* Mississippi - Mitzi Swanson
* Missouri - Tiffany Hazell
* Montana - JoAnn Jorgensen
* Nebraska - Ziba Ayeen
* Nevada - Jodi Jensen
* New Hampshire - Adriana Molinari
* New Jersey - Charlotte Ray
* New Mexico - Tiffany Danton
* New York - Maureen Murray
* North Carolina - Pat Arnold
* North Dakota - Mischelle Chistensen
* Ohio - Amy Glaze
* Oklahoma - Julie Khoury
* Oregon - Olga Calderon
* Pennsylvania - Adrienne Romano
* Rhode Island - Lynda Michael
* South Carolina - Traci Rufty
* South Dakota - Jillayne Fossum
* Tennessee - Angela Johnson
* Texas - Chris Bogard
* Utah - Patti Jo Bender
* Vermont - Margaret Corey
* Virginia - Traci Dority
* Washington - LaNae Williams
* West Virginia - Krista Ransbottom
* Wisconsin - Kimberly Totdahl
* Wyoming - Wendy Lee Dunn