Miss America 1986
Date:	September 14, 1985
Presenters:	Gary Collins
Venue:	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster:	NBC
Winner:	Susan Akin
Represented:	Mississippi

Miss America 1986, the 61st Miss America, pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 14, 1985 on NBC Network. is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Gary Collins is an American film and television actor. ... Boardwalk Hall, also known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall is an arena which serves as Atlantic Citys convention center. ... Alternate meanings: See Atlantic City (disambiguation) Atlantic City is a city located in USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 40,517. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the television network. ... Susan Akin from Meridian, Mississippi, was Miss America 1986. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mississippi. ... Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. ... For the patriotically-themed comic book superheroines, see Miss America (comics). ... Boardwalk Hall, also known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall is an arena which serves as Atlantic Citys convention center. ... Atlantic City redirects here. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the television network. ...

Results

• Miss America 1986: Susan Akin (Miss Mississippi)
• First runner-up: Sherry Thrift (Miss South Carolina)
• Second runner-up: Jonna Fitzgerald (Miss Texas)
• Third runner-up: Honey Castro (Miss Washington)
• Fourth runner-up: Angela Tower (Miss Alabama)

Susan Akin from Meridian, Mississippi, was Miss America 1986. ... Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. ... Shelley Benthall, Miss South Carolina 2006 The Miss South Carolina competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Carolina in the Miss America pageant. ... The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1936 by a group of civic minded citizens concerned about higher education. ... The Miss Washington competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss America pageant. ... Miss America 2005/Miss Alabama 2004 Deidre Downs The Miss Alabama competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Alabama in the Miss America pageant. ...

External links

• Miss America official website