Miss Teen USA 1984

Miss Teen USA 1984, the 2nd Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Memphis Cook Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee on 3 April 1984.^[1] At the conclusion of the final competition, Cherise Haugen of Illinois was crowned by outgoing titleholder Ruth Zakarian of New York.^[2] Zakarian had held the title of Miss Teen USA for just seven months, having been crowned in August 1983.^[3]

Miss Teen USA 1984
Date	April 3, 1984
Presenters	Michael Young Heather Thomas
Venue	Memphis Cook Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Broadcaster	CBS WREG-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Cherise Haugen Illinois
Congeniality	Robin Swain Louisiana
Photogenic	Adrianne Hazelwood Wisconsin
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Background

The pageant was initially set to be hosted in Lakeland, Florida, following the success of Miss Teen USA 1983, as part of a three-year agreement. However, a planned date change to January 1984 conflicted with Super Bowl XVIII, which led the city to swap the event with Miss USA 1984, also organized by the same promoter.^[4]

In January the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce agreed to support the city's bid to host Miss Teen USA 1984 on 3 April.^[5] Las Cruces, New Mexico also bid to host the pageant.^[6] After Memphis' selection, 1983 winner Ruth Zakarian travelled to the city on 22 February to film promotional material for the pageant.^[7]

The short timeframe between the 1983 and 1984 pageants prevented many states from holding new competitions to select representatives. As a result, several states sent their 1983 runners-up to compete in Miss Teen USA 1984.^[8]

Event

The preliminary competition took place on March 29, hosted by Michael Young and actress Heather Thomas of The Fall Guy.^[9] The televised final competition on April 3 was also hosted by Michael Young, alongside Morgan Brittany of Dallas.^[10] Entertainment for the event was provided by the Gatlin Brothers and the Solid Gold Dancers.^[11]

Results

Placements

The 1984 pageant had a top ten, with five finalists.^[2][1]

Map showing placements by state

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Teen USA 1984	Illinois – Cherise Haugen
1st Runner-Up	Hawaii – Malia Yamamura
2nd Runner-Up	Tennessee – Molly Brown
3rd Runner-Up	Oregon – Dena Woodard
4th Runner-Up	Texas – Charlene Molinar
Top 10	New Mexico – Cheryl Douds North Carolina – Tracy Cagle North Dakota – Kari Larson Oklahoma – Jaime Brashier Wisconsin – Adrianne Hazelwood

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Wisconsin – Adrianne Hazelwood
Best state costume	Illinois – Cherise Haugen

Delegates

State/District	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Placement	Award	Notes	Ref.
Alabama	Teresa Chappell	17	Sterrett				[12]
Alaska	Dawn Goldi	17	Fairbanks				[13]
Arizona	Shana Andrew	17	Mesa		Best State Costume		[14]
Arkansas	Melissa Staples	16	Calion			Later Miss Arkansas USA 1988	[15][16]
California	Jodie Alvarez	17	San Pedro				[17]
Colorado	Timmithea Rouse	17	Fort Collins
Connecticut	Monique Savorey	17	Hartford				[18]
Delaware	Heather Reed	18	Wilmington
District of Columbia	Suzi Singstock	17	Dumfries, VA			Later a Playboy playmate and model as Suzi Simpson[19]
Florida	Mai-Lis Kuniholm	17	Coral Gables
Georgia	Andrea Randall	17	Marietta				[8]
Hawaii	Malia Yamamura	16	Honolulu	1st runner-up
Idaho	Laura Bathe	16	Boise				[20]
Illinois	Cherise Haugen	17	Sleepy Hollow	Miss Teen USA		Non-finalist at Miss USA 1984
Indiana	Christine Harrell	16	Rolling Prairie
Iowa	Kim Carlson	16	Des Moines
Kansas	Nancy Mardis	17	Lenexa				[21]
Kentucky	Suzy Neclerio	17	Georgetown
Louisiana	Robin Swain	17	Baton Rouge		Congeniality
Maine	Beth Maxwell	16	Portland
Maryland	Christie Bohraus	17	Bethesda				[22]
Massachusetts	Shawna Pemberton	17	New Bedford
Michigan	Dawn Downing	17	South Haven				[23]
Minnesota	Heather Johnson	15	Truman
Mississippi	Mona Bryant	17	Gulfport
Missouri	Lee Ann Sydenstricker	16	Mexico
Montana	Pam Miller	17	Columbia Falls				[24]
Nebraska	Cyndi Freymuller	16	Blair
Nevada	Rana Kirkland	18	Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Lisa Fernald	15	Hampton
New Jersey	Tracy Grennon	16	Wyckoff
New Mexico	Cheryl Douds	17	Las Cruces	Semi-finalist
New York	Denise Scales	16	Ballston Lake
North Carolina	Tracy Cagle	17	Waynesville	Semi-finalist
North Dakota	Kari Larson	18	Bismarck	Semi-finalist		Later Miss ND USA 1990
Ohio	Stephanie Via	17	Beaver Creek
Oklahoma	Jamie Breashears	17	Sallisaw	Semi-finalist			[25]
Oregon	Dena Woodard	17	Eugene	3rd runner-up
Pennsylvania	Robin Vish	17	Butler				[26]
Rhode Island	Jennifer Amoroso	16	Narragansett			Later a Playboy playmate and model as Gianna Amore	[27]
South Carolina	Cathy Delgado	17	Florence
South Dakota	Kim Strom	17	Brandon
Tennessee	Molly Brown	16	Loretto	2nd runner-up		Later Miss TN USA 1987
Texas	Charlene Molinar	18	El Paso	4th runner-up			[28]
Utah	Leslie Hunt	17	Fillmore
Vermont	Darcy Hedrick	17	Bennington
Virginia	Marcy Brickhouse	16	Virginia Beach
Washington	Charlene Walcker	17	Lynnwood
West Virginia	Trina Vitello	18	Richwood
Wisconsin	Adrianne Hazelwood*	16	Glendale	Semi-finalist	Photogenic	Later Miss CT USA 1985
Wyoming	Allison Faust	16	Gillette

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

Judges

• Ana Alicia
• Robert Lindgren
• Judi Anderson
• Michael Damian
• Mary Clark
• Michael Tylo
• Marguerite Piazza
• Jim Stuckey
• Shaun Casey
• Vincent DeFrank
• Roxie Roker

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant