Marilyn Van Derbur is the 1958 Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

 pageant holder.

Van Derbur from Denver

Denver, Colorado

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, Colorado

Colorado

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, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder

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. As a result of an alleged history of sexual abuse by her father, she founded the American Coalition for Abuse Awareness and One Voice and authored "Miss America By Day: Lessons Learned from Ultimate Betrayals and Unconditional Love".

One of Van Derbur's fellow contestants was the 1957 Miss Arizona

Miss Arizona

The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss America pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.-Results summary:...

, the actress Lynn Borden

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