Synopsis

For the first time, each judge’s score was made visible to the audience, a step toward greater openness in the judging process. A significant shift in format in 1990 reshaped the Miss USA competition for the following ten years: the contestants faced an additional elimination round on the final night – questions from the top six judges. Rather than narrowing the field from twelve to the customary final five, the judges selected an intermediate group of six finalists. These six answered que