Wikipedia / Miss America 2002
Wikipedia / Miss America 2002
Miss America 2002, the 75th Miss America pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 22, 2001, on the ABC Network. The pageant was won by Katie Harman of Oregon, the first woman representing that state to take the crown.
Prior to the competition, the delegates spent a weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where they participated in a parade and attended a reception and did some sightseeing. During their first week in Atlantic City, the September 11 attacks occurred, but despite the cancelling of the traditional pageant-eve parade, it was decided to hold the pageant as intended. The contestants themselves voted 2–1 to continue with the competition.
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
Miss America 2002 | |
1st Runner-Up |
|
2nd Runner-Up |
|
3rd Runner-Up |
|
4th Runner-Up |
|
Top 10 |
|
Top 20 |
|
Awards
Awards | Contestant |
Gown |
|
Interview |
|
| |
|
Quality of Life award
Results | Contestant | Platform |
| Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation | |
1st runner-up |
| Assistance Dogs for the Disabled |
2nd runner-up |
| Tobacco Education and Awareness for Minors |
Delegates
State | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
24 | Classical Piano, "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor" | ||||||
Eugenia Primis | 20 | Classical Cello, "Allegro Appassionata" | |||||
Kapri Rose | 19 | Fiddle, "Orange Blossom Special" | |||||
Jessie Ward | 21 | Tap Dance, Michael Jackson Medley | Top 10 | ||||
Stephanie Baldwin | 23 | Vocal, "Time to Say Goodbye" | Top 20 | ||||
Kelly Lynn McKee | 22 | Lyrical Dance, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | |||||
Marissa Perez | 23 | Vocal, "This Time Around" | |||||
Erin Cooper | 22 | Lyrical Ballet, "Book of Days" | |||||
Marshawn Evans | 22 | Rhythmic Dance Twirl, "I Will Survive" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent, Preliminary Interview | Later a contestant in season 4 of The Apprentice | ||
Kelly Gaudet | 22 | Lyrical Dance, "It's Time" | Top 10 | Preliminary Gown | |||
Emily Foster | 23 | Piano, "Majesty" | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||||
Denby Dung | 23 | Soprano Saxophone, "G-Bop" | |||||
Christi Weible | 22 | Dramatic Monologue | Sister of Miss Idaho USA 2004 Kimberly Weible | ||||
Kristin Castillo | 18 | Classical Violin, "Praeludium & Allegro" | |||||
Allison Hatcher | 24 | Classical Piano, "Prelude in G Minor" | Top 20 | ||||
Erin Smith | 20 | Piano, "Khachaturian's Toccata" | |||||
Kimberlee Grice | 23 | Vocal, "At Last" | |||||
Monica Hardin | 20 | Vocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz | |||||
Kati Guyton | 23 | Classical Vocal, "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime | |||||
Meranda Hafford | 20 | Vocal, "Next Time I Love" | |||||
Kelly Glorioso | 21 | Vocal, "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" | Top 20 | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | |||
Abbie Lynne Rabine | 22 | Vocal, "Via Dolorosa" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Interview | |||
Stacy Essebagers | 21 | Clogging, Medley from Moulin Rouge! | Top 10 | ||||
Kari Knuttila | 21 | Classical Piano, "Sonata in B Minor" | |||||
Becky Pruett | 22 | Vocal, "Whatever Lola Wants" | Top 20 | Preliminary Talent, Quality of Life 2nd runner-up | |||
Jennifer Ann Hover | 22 | Vocal, Medley "Somewhere" & "Over the Rainbow" | Top 20 | ||||
Kara Svennungsen | 22 | Vocal, "On My Own" | |||||
Christina Foehlinger | 21 | Baton Twirling, Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Top 20 | ||||
Ashley Huff | 21 | Polynesian Dance, "Welcome to Polynesia" | Miss Nevada USA 2003 | ||||
Katherine Pike | 24 | Vocal, "You Are My Home" from The Scarlet Pimpernel | |||||
Julie Barber | 24 | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe, "Do You Wanna Dance" | |||||
Marta Strzyzewski | 23 | Classical Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" | |||||
Andrea Plummer | 23 | Lyrical Ballet en Pointe, "Forrest Gump Suite" | 4th runner-up | ||||
Ashley House | 21 | Celtic Irish Dance, "Flames of Fire" | |||||
Jillayne Mertens | 19 | Vocal / Violin, "Look to the Rainbow" from Finian's Rainbow | |||||
Natalie Witwer | 19 | Piano, "America the Beautiful" | |||||
Kaci Hundley | 21 | Vocal, "Crying" | Top 20 | ||||
20 | Classical Vocal, "O Mio Babbino Caro" | Winner | Preliminary Talent | ||||
Rosalyn Menon | 22 | Classical Piano, "Piano Sonata in C Minor" by Ludwig van Beethoven | Top 20 | Preliminary Interview | |||
Jennifer D'Ambrosio | 21 | Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard | |||||
Jeanna Raney | 20 | Tap Dance, "Kiss Me" | Top 20 | ||||
Alecia Zuehlke | 23 | Piano, "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch | |||||
Stephanie Culberson | 21 | Classical Piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Gown | Miss Tennessee USA 2004 | ||
Stacy James | 22 | Character Vocal, "Man of La Mancha" | Top 20 | ||||
Jaclyn Hunt | 22 | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Top 10 | Quality of Life | |||
Amy Marie Johnson | 21 | Classical Piano, "Impromptu" | |||||
Meghan Shanley | 21 | Vocal, "Big Time" | |||||
Breann Parriot | 23 | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe, Music from "West Side Story" | Miss Washington USA 2003 | ||||
Danae DeMasi | 21 | Ballet en Pointe, "Ravendhi" | Top 10 | Preliminary Gown | |||
Laura Margaret Herriot | 23 | Vocal, "Oh, Lady Be Good!" | |||||
Erin Empey | 20 | Ballet, "Cristofori's Dream" by David Lanz |
1 Age as of September 2001
Controversy
Following the pageant, the parents of Miss America 2002 wrote an eight-page letter to the pageant's organizers complaining about mistreatment and fraudulent billing.
References
External links