Miss America 1995
Date	September 17, 1994
Presenters	Regis Philbin Kathie Lee Gifford
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	NBC
Winner	Heather Whitestone  Alabama

Miss America 1995, the 68th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 17, 1994 and was televised by the NBC Network.

Heather Whitestone, the winner representing Alabama, became the first deaf Miss America.

Results

Delegates

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Heather Whitestone	Birmingham	21	Ballet en Pointe "Via Dolorosa"	Miss America 1995	Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award Quality of Life 1st runner-up	First deaf Miss Alabama and Miss America
Alaska	Patricia Marlow	Eagle River	24	Vocal "If We Were In Love"
Arizona	Stacy Agren	Mesa	21	Classical Piano		Quality of Life Award Winner Non-finalist Talent Award
Arkansas	Beth Anne Rankin	Magnolia	23	Piano		Non-finalist Talent Award
California	Jennifer Hanson	La Habra	21	Vocal "Since I Fell for You"		Non-finalist Talent Award
Colorado	Shellene Cockrell	Colorado Springs	24	Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing"
Connecticut	MaryGrace Santagata	New Haven	24	Vocal		Non-finalist Talent Award
Delaware	Letitia Lee Pusey	Millsboro	23	Lyrical Tap Dance
Florida	Megan Welch	DeLand	20	Classical Vocal		Non-finalist Interview Award	National Sweetheart 1993
Georgia	Andrea Krahn	Calhoun	20	Vocal "I Fall to Pieces"	3rd runner-up
Hawaii	Courtney Nicolle Glaza	Kaneohe	22	Classical Piano
Idaho	Tracy Yarbrough	Boise	24	Vocal "Over the Rainbow"			Miss Idaho USA 1996
Illinois	Chuti Tiu	Chicago	24	Classical Piano		Non-finalist Talent Award	America's Junior Miss 1987 representing Wisconsin
Indiana	Tiffany Storm	Bloomington	24	Dramatic Vocal "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"	4th runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award Bernie Wayne Talent Award
Iowa	Tammy Truitt	Davenport	21	Dramatic Vocal "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon
Kansas	Trisha Schaffer	Liberal	22	Popular Vocal "Orange Colored Sky"	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award	Kansas' Junior Miss 1990
Kentucky	Laura Sue Humphress	Campbellsville	22	Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata"
Louisiana	Tiffany Mock	Bossier City	23	Vocal "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
Maine	Victoria Reynolds	Bangor	22	Tap Dance
Maryland	Karissa Brooke Jones	Hagerstown	23	Ballet en Pointe "The Can-Can"
Massachusetts	Sharon Lee	Somerville	24	Classical Vocal "O Mio Babbino Caro"		Non-finalist Talent Award
Michigan	Maria Malay Kamara	Zeeland	24	Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata		Non-finalist Talent Award
Minnesota	Eileen Van Driest	Winona	23	Classical Flute
Mississippi	Rebecca Blouin	Batesville	23	Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'"	Top 10
Missouri	Ann Marie Sun	Springfield	22	Piano		Dr. David Allman Medical Scholarship
Montana	Yvonne Dehner	Brockton	24	Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award
Nebraska	Jennifer Love	North Platte	21	Classical Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller
Nevada	Laura Hubach	Reno	22	Classical Piano
New Hampshire	Shannon Hastings	Newport	21	Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard
New Jersey	Jennifer Makris	Cherry Hill	21	Jazz Vocal "The Man that Got Away"	2nd runner-up		Miss New Jersey USA 1997 and Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1997
New Mexico	Felicia Borrego	Tijeras	23	Ballet Folklorico
New York	Dione Lee Robinson	Gansevoort	21	Dramatic Monologue
North Carolina	Dana Stephenson	Garner	20	Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me"		Non-finalist Talent Award
North Dakota	Nicci Elkins	Grand Forks	21	Tap Dance			Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1991 and Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1991
Ohio	Lea Mack	Pickerington	21	Vocal "Think of Me"	Top 10	Quality of Life 2nd runner-up	Ohio's Junior Miss 1991
Oklahoma	Tiffany Craig	Norman	24	Vocal "If Only"
Oregon	Roberta Stenbeck	Roseburg	23	Piano
Pennsylvania	Kirstin Border	Glen Rock	24	Violin "Czardas with a Twist of Orange"
Rhode Island	Tori-Lynn Heaton	Cranston	24	Character Jazz Dance			First Sworn Police Officer to compete at Miss America
South Carolina	Kristie Greene	Greenville	24	Comedy Vocal "Exactly Like Me"
South Dakota	Kristi Bauer	Brookings	23	Interpretive Ballet
Tennessee	Lori Smith	Ocoee	21	Piano "The Firefly" by Anton Bilotti
Texas	Arian Archer	Borger	20	Vocal "Almost Over You"	Top 10
Utah	Brooke Anderson	West Valley City	21	Ballet
Vermont	Vanessa Branch	London, England, United Kingdom	21	Dramatic Monologue		Rembrandt Award for Mentorship	Held dual citizenship in the UK & United States, Won Miss Vermont as a student at Middlebury College
Virginia	Cullen Johnson	Norfolk	23	Classical Piano "Sonata Pathetique"	1st runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award Waterford Crystal Business Scholarship
Washington	Annalee Klein	Enumclaw	24	Country Vocal "Sweet Dreams"
West Virginia	Jennifer Bopp	Elkins	22	Vocal "It's Only a Paper Moon"
Wisconsin	Laura Voss	Green Bay	22	Semi-Classical Vocal "West Side Story melodies"
Wyoming	Trisha Ramirez	Cheyenne	23	Piano

Judges

• Dan Jansen
• Buddy Morra
• Susan Powell
• Emma Samms
• Cheryl Tiegs
• Michael Feinstein
• Susan L. Taylor

External links

• Miss America official website