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Miss USA 1989
Date
February 28, 1989
Presenters
Dick Clark
Angie Dickinson
Laura Harring
Entertainment
Tommy Tune
Venue
Mobile Civic Center Theatre, Mobile, Alabama
Broadcaster
CBS, WKRG
Entrants
51
Placements
10
Winner
Gretchen Polhemus Texas
Congeniality
Kimberly Nicewonder Virginia
Best State Costume
Kelly Holub Illinois
Photogenic
Elizabeth Primm Louisiana
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This was the first Miss USA pageant hosted by Dick Clark (The Miss Universe Pageant was hosted by John Forsythe that year), with color commentary by Angie Dickinson. This pageant was held in Alabama for the first and so far only time.
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