Judi Andersen

Who is Judi Andersen?

Judi Andersen is a beauty pageant titleholder from Hawaii who won Miss USA 1978.

Andersen first won the Miss Hawaii USA title in 1977, then represented her state at the Miss USA pageant televised live from Charleston, South Carolina in May 1978. Andersen won the coveted Miss USA crown, the third woman from Hawaii to do so.

Andersen later represented the United States in the Miss Universe pageant held in Acapulco, Mexico in July that year. Despite receiving the highest score from the judges during the competition, she finished first runner-up to Margaret Gardiner of South Africa, and was the highest placing delegate from the USA from the previous five years.

Later in her career, Andersen owned and operated a chiropractic clinic.