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Subject: There were 2 computer picks for winners in 1985? Author: d... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 02:46:13 01/30/26 Fri Author Host/IP: 75.97.137.92.res-cmts.sewb.ptd.net/75.97.137.92 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Susan Akin was predicted by a computer to be the winner. No one was shocked when she did win. (NT) No name (NoHost/184.52.103.146) 08:09:08 01/30/26 Fri Who was the other computer pick? (NT) -- No name, 11:03:06 01/30/26 Fri (113.sub-174-216-10.myvzw.com/174.216.10.113) I think it was Elizabeth Williams, Miss North Carolina. (NT) -- No name, 21:35:43 01/31/26 Sat (NoHost/172.56.84.144) Im sorry, wrong year. Elizabeth Williams was 1983. (NT) -- No name, 21:37:16 01/31/26 Sat (NoHost/172.56.84.144) I meant the year before that I guess. Who were the picks for 1983 and 1984? (NT) d... (75.97.137.92.res-cmts.sewb.ptd.net/75.97.137.92) 12:21:55 01/30/26 Fri Vanessa was the hands down favorite in 1983. The computer even predicted her win. (NT) -- No name, 12:36:26 01/30/26 Fri (NoHost/155.190.9.5) Elizabeth Williams, Miss North Carolina was for 1983. (NT) -- No name, 21:38:25 01/31/26 Sat (NoHost/172.56.84.144) Kelly Bumragen and then Tamara Hext were the computer picks for Miss America 1985. Both made top 10, and hext fibished 5th overall. Bumragen was his initial pick then he switched to Hexr. (NT) No name (ip98-162-249-128.ok.ok.cox.net/98.162.249.128) 12:25:55 01/30/26 Fri Elizabeth Williams (NC - 82) was the pick that year. Many people feel it sabotaged her chances, because it was starting to get too much attention n tion. Williams won swimsuit, had a stellar interview, and won NFT. Did not make sense for at least not Top 10. (NT) -- No name, 18:09:42 01/31/26 Sat (177.sub-174-238-99.myvzw.com/174.238.99.177) He had a more difficult time after they stopped publishing the contestants' statistics. He was successful in '79, '80, '85 and '86. He predicted Florida in '87 and Arkansas in '88. (NT) No name (NoHost/212.15.83.42) 18:33:54 01/31/26 Sat