Barker won the Miss Pulaski County pageant , the Miss Virginia pageant in July 1978 , and the Miss America 1979 pageant on 9 September 1978 . Her talent performance at the Miss America pageant was gymnastics . In 1986 the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Barker received pageant earnings of approximately $ 100,000
Miss America 1979
Miss America 1979
Kylene Barker