The finalists and winners of the 1977 Miss America Pageant were:
Winner: Dorothy Benham, Miss Minnesota
1st runner up: Lavinia Cox, Miss South Carolina
2nd runner up: Carmen McCollum, Miss Texas
3rd runner up: Linda Michelle Mouron, Miss California
4th runner up: Sonja Anderson, Miss New York
The emcee of the 1977 Miss America pageant was Bert Parks.
The winner of the 1977 Miss America pageant was Dorothy Kathleen Benham, Miss Minnesota.
The Miss America pageant began in 1921.
The Miss America pageant was held in Las Vegas.
The 2012 Miss America pageant was held on January 14, 2012.
The emcee of the 1977 Miss America pageant was Bert Parks.
The winner of the 1977 Miss America pageant was Dorothy Kathleen Benham, Miss Minnesota.
The Miss America pageant began in 1921.
The Miss America pageant was held in Las Vegas.
To become Miss America, you participate in the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The winner of the 1998 Miss America pageant was Katherine Shindle, Miss Illinois.
The winner of the 1933 Miss America pageant was Marian Bergeron, Miss Connecticut.
The contestants in the Miss America pageant are the winners from their home-state pageants.
The 2012 Miss America pageant was held on January 14, 2012.
The 2014 Miss America pageant was held on September 15, 2013.
The 2013 Miss America pageant was held on January 12, 2013.
This changes from year to year. Miss Pennsylvania at the 2015 Miss America pageant was Amanda Smith. The pageant was held on September 14, 2014.