Miss Teen USA 1983

1983 August 30 Lakeland Civic Center-Arena, Lakeland, Florida 51 entries Results 1 NEW YORK Ruth Elizabeth Zakarian 2 VIRGINIA Tina Marrocco 3 KENTUCKY Krista Kalaine Keith 4 GEORGIA Kelly Jerles (America '88) 5 TEXAS Sheri Scholz Top 10 ARKANSAS Angela Boyd CALIFORNIA Shawn Gardner NEVADA Kimberly “Kim” Cannon PENNSYLVANIA Diane Hoyes WASHINGTON Rhonda Monroe Awards Miss Congeniality ARKANSAS Miss Photogenic ILLINOIS Best State Costume MASSACHUSETTS Remainder ALABAMA Jill Renee Johnson ALASKA Linda Kay Fickus ARIZONA Kris Lynn Keim (USA '88) COLORADO Julie Evelyn Meyer CONNECTICUT Beth Waldron DELAWARE Laura Michelle Enslen DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Patricia Custis FLORIDA Lora Kay Erdman HAWAII Erika Matich IDAHO Tammy Hamilton ILLINOIS Linda Burkholder INDIANA Julie James IOWA Kimberly “Kim” Lane Heck KANSAS Melissa Lyczak LOUISIANA Vail Cavalier MAINE Dina Duval MARYLAND Carla Kemp MASSACHUSETTS Christine “Chris” Lawlor MICHIGAN Cathy McBride MINNESOTA Kimberly Ess MISSISSIPPI Laura Teresa Zepponi MISSOURI Lisa Logan MONTANA Leslie Lucas NEBRASKA Jackie Kuenning NEW HAMPSHIRE Maureen Ann Murray (USA '91 as Miss New York) NEW JERSEY Sheri Drummond NEW MEXICO Eloisa Maria Serna NORTH CAROLINA Janet Freemen NORTH DAKOTA Lisa Rubin OHIO Jamie Callarik OKLAHOMA Lorna Webb OREGON Gretchen Lynn Thoma RHODE ISLAND Melissa Sciarra SOUTH CAROLINA Elizabeth “Beth” Woodard (USA '87) SOUTH DAKOTA Karen Diane Hernes TENNESSEE Cheri Dotson UTAH Natalie DeGraw VERMONT Cindy Gentile WEST VIRGINIA Kay Scadden WISCONSIN Jane Elizabeth Zwada WYOMING Shanna Kay Thompson Judges The celebrity judges for the pageant were: Jeffrey Apple – movie producer Tracey Bregman – actress on The Young and the Restless Anthony Carter – Michigan Panthers wide receiver Bonnie Kay – president of the Kay Models agency Emilio Estefan – percussionist for Miami Sound Machine Persis Khambatta – actress Nancy Stafford – actress Terri Utley – Miss USA 1982 Kiki Vandeweghe - basketball player LeRoy Neiman – artist Credit: pageantopolis, by Donald West and wiki