Miss America 2000, the 73rd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 18, 1999 on ABC Network.
Heather French became the first Miss Kentucky to win the crown. She later married the state's lieutenant governor, Steve Henry.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss America 2000 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 10 |
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Order of announcements
Top 10
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Top 5
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Awards
Preliminary awards
| Awards | Contestant |
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| Lifestyle and Fitness |
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| Talent |
Quality of Life awards
| Results | Contestant | Platform | |
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| Winner |
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Educational Disabilities Awareness | |
| 1st runner-up | Honoring Our Forgotten Heroes: Our Nations Homeless Veterans | – | |
| 2nd runner-up | Breast Cancer Awareness "Early Detection...Giving the Freedom to Fight" |
Other awards
| Awards | Contestant |
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| Albert A. Marks Jr. Interview Award | |
| Miss America Scholar Award |
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| Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award |
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| Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete Award |
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| Waterford Scholarship for Business Marketing & Management |
Delegates
Alabama – Julie Smith
Alaska – Shannon Kelly
Arizona – Lori Whiting
Arkansas – Brandy Rhodes
California – MaryAnne Sapio
Colorado – Erin MacGregor
Connecticut – Sylvia Gomes
Delaware – Kama Katherine Boland
District of Columbia – Toyia Taylor
Florida – Kelli Meierhenry
Georgia – Osjha Anderson
Hawaii – Candes Meijide Gentry
Idaho – Mellisa Kae Paul
Illinois – Jade Smalls
Indiana – Kelly Lloyd
Iowa – Jennifer Caudle
Kansas – Maureen Darby
Kentucky – Heather French
Louisiana – Julie Lawrence
Maine – Rebecca Pelkey
Maryland – Keri Schrader
Massachusetts – April Marie Thiebeault
Michigan – Audrie Chernauckas
Minnesota – Natalie Lund
Mississippi – Heather Soriano
Missouri – Patryce CoRae King
Montana – Elissa Ann Schwarz
Nebraska – Becky Smith
Nevada – Gina Giacinto
New Hampshire – Brandee Helbick
New Jersey – Victoria Andrews Paige
New Mexico – Katie Linda Amalia Kelley
New York – Brandi Burkhardt
North Carolina – Kelly Trogdon
North Dakota – Kay Picconatto
Ohio – Tiffany Baumann
Oklahoma – Daneka Danyell Allen
Oregon – Angela Reed
Pennsylvania – Susan Spafford
Rhode Island – Karen Lindsay
South Carolina – Danielle Davis
South Dakota – Trisha Haroldson
Tennessee – Allison Alderson
Texas – Yanci Yarbrough
Utah – Vanessa Ballam
Vermont – Katy Johnson
Virginia – Crystal Lewis
Washington – Tina Willis
West Virginia – Lucy Joanna Ours
Wisconsin – Mary-Louise Kurey
Wyoming – Elaine Dabney
Judges
- Michael Badalucco[1]
- Gretchen Carlson[1]
- Tia Carrere
- Mimi Kennedy
- Briana Scurry[1]
- Judy Sheindlin[1]
- Larry Jenkins
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