Miss America 1989

Miss America 1989, the 62nd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 10, 1988 and was televised by the NBC Network. The pageant was moved a week early because of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

The winner, Minnesota's Gretchen Carlson, would later become a notable television journalist for Fox News & would later become the Chairwoman for the Miss America Organization.

Judges

 * Walter Anderson
 * Brian Boitano
 * Joyce Brothers
 * Richard Dysart
 * William Farley
 * Eileen Ford
 * Eva Gabor
 * Phyllis George
 * Deborah Norville
 * George Peppard
 * Blair Underwood
 * Lili Fini Zanuck