Miss World USA 1977

Miss World USA 1977 was the 16th edition of the Miss World USA pageant, held in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The title was won by Cindy Darlene Miller of Virginia. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Kimberly Marre Foley of Michigan. Miller went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1977 Pageant in London later that year. She finished as 4th runner-up at Miss World.

Delegates
The Miss World USA 1977 delegates were:


 * Alabama - Regina Parks
 * Alaska - Laura Windsor
 * Arizona - Linda Mauldin
 * Arkansas - Sharon Kay Boyd
 * California - Melissa Prophet
 * Colorado - Diana V. Wright
 * Connecticut - Dorothy Mendygral
 * Delaware - Graceann Di Andrea
 * District of Columbia - Donna Lynn Dixon
 * Florida - Janet Gail Wilson
 * Georgia - Regina Renee Crawford
 * Hawaii - Unknown
 * Idaho - Jalynne Almond
 * Illinois - Susan Barbara Matison
 * Indiana - Renee Dian Roman
 * Iowa - Lisa Ann Plumb
 * Kansas - Diane M. Hagen
 * Kentucky - Daphne Tuitele
 * Louisiana - Melanie Jo Bergeron
 * Maine - Jeanie Green
 * Maryland - Lydia Vuynovich
 * Massachusetts - Cheryl Patricia Hyttinen
 * Michigan - Denise Ostrowski
 * Mississippi - Vickie Smith
 * Missouri - Cindy L. Frasher
 * Nebraska - Diane Renee Evers
 * Nevada - Kimberly Claudette Baucum
 * New Hampshire - Cindy Lee Prindiville
 * New Jersey - Susan Leahy
 * New Mexico - Kathleen Carrie Callahan
 * New York - Kathleen Downey
 * North Carolina - Betty Lou Hutchinson
 * Ohio - Deborah K. Thorne
 * Oklahoma - Sandy L. Schwarz
 * Pennsylvania - Janice Lee O’Brien
 * Rhode Island - Battistina Del Vecchio
 * South Carolina - Teresia Ann Woods
 * Tennessee - Anita Katherine Ray
 * Texas - Denise Ann Kranich
 * Utah - Sheryl L. Gunter
 * Vermont - K. Michele Linderman
 * Virginia - Cindy Darlene Miller
 * Washington - Unknown
 * West Virginia - Retha Hellms
 * Wisconsin - Margaret Mary Atherton
 * Wyoming - Mary Elizabeth Oliver

Did not Compete

 *  Minnesota
 *  Montana
 *  North Dakota
 *  Oregon
 *  South Dakota

Crossovers
Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:


 * Miss USA
 * 1976:  Washington, D.C.: Donna Lynn Dixon (as  Virginia)


 * Miss World America
 * 1979:  New Mexico: Kathleen Carrie Callahan