Yes, he is probably the best singer after Pavarotti, he was more fortunated than William Hung.
Linda Martin for Ireland, singing "Why Me?"
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The winner of the 1977 Miss America pageant was Dorothy Kathleen Benham, Miss Minnesota.
The winner of Miss America in 1996 was Shawntel Smith from Muldrow, OK.
The winner of Miss America in 1978 was Susan Perkins from Columbus, OH.
The 1981 Miss America was Miss Oklahoma, Susan Powell. Note that she actually won the contest in the fall of 1980; the winner of the contest held in 1981 was the 1982 Miss America, Elizabeth Gracen of Arkansas.
I think that Leanza Cornett from Jacksonville, Florida, won the Miss America contest in 1993.
The winner of Miss America in 1992 was Carolyn Suzanne Sapp from Kona, Hawaii.
The winner of Miss America in 1975 was Shirley Shothran from Fort Worth, TX.
The winner of Miss America in 1972 was Laurie Lea Schaefer from Bexley, Ohio.
The winner of Miss America in 1967 was Jane Anne Jayroe from Laverne, Oklahoma.
The winner of Miss America in 1977 was Dorothy Kathleen Benham from Edina, MN.