Marilyn Van Derbur

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Marilyn Van Derbur (born June 6, 1937) was Miss America in 1958.

Van Derbur from Denver, Colorado, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Colorado. As a result of a long 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". She married Lawrence Atler.

Preceded by
Marian McKnight
Miss America
1958
Succeeded by
Mary Ann Mobley
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