Miss Kentucky, Lynn Whitney Thompson, 24, Lexington, Ky., a 1981 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in telecommunications Miss Florida, Kimberly Anne Boyce, 22, Bradenton, Fla., who wants a career as a contemporary Christian recording artist Miss Alabama, Pam Battles, 21, Muscle Shoals, Ala., a college math student This week, she became the first black to capture both the swimsuit and talent events in preliminary competitions. Miss Williams, 20, of Millwood, N.Y., is a Syracuse University junior, majoring in musical theater. Miss Texas, Dana Rogers, 22, of Boerne, Tex., who made headlines earlier in the week by revealing she had her nose bobbed and her breasts enlarged with implants before winning her state pageant. Miss Ohio, Pamela Helean Rigas, 22, of Canfield, Ohio, who won her swimsuit event, a second-year law student who is interested in a career in politics, and Miss Nebraska, Kristin Leigh Lowenburg, 20, of Kearny, Neb., who wants to become a television news anchorwoman Miss Missouri, Barbara Webster, 21, of Jefferson City, Mo., who won her talent competition with a country-and-western fiddle medley and hopes to pursue a career in sales
Miss Mississippi, Wanda Gayle Geddie, 24, of Hattiesburg, Miss., a William Carey College graduate communications student, who won her swimsuit event Miss Kentucky, Lynn Whitney Thompson, 24, of Lexington, Ky., a 1981 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in telecommunications Miss Florida, Kimberly Anne Boyce, 22, of Bradenton, Fla., who wants a career as a contemporary Christian recording artist Miss Alabama, Pam Battles, 21, of Muscle Shoals, Ala., a college math student The brown-eyed brunette won her talent event this week.
JUNIOR MISS PAGEANT SWIMSUIT PROFESSIONAL
Miss Charles, 20, from Mays Landing, N.J., is a professional singer who has opened shows for Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Lou Rawls. She this week became the first black to capture both her swimsuit and talent events in preliminary competitions. Miss Williams, 20, of Millwood, N.Y., is a Syracuse University junior, majoring in musical theater with an eye on a Broadway stage career. Before Cheryl Brown of Iowa broke the color barrier in 1970, blacks had appeared on stage only once, in 1922, playing 'slaves' to His Oceanic Majesty, the host in the early days. Only a dozen black women have ever participated in the pageant, which was restricted to whites until the late 1950s, and none has finished higher than Lencola Sullivan of Arkansas, who placed fifth in 1980.
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