Marian McKnight

Marian McKnight
Born	December 19, 1936 Manning, South Carolina
Title	Miss America 1957
Predecessor	Sharon Ritchie
Successor	Marilyn Van Derbur
Spouse(s)	Gary Conway

Marian McKnight (born December 19, 1936, Manning, South Carolina) is a former American beauty pageant winner.

She earned the 1957 Miss America title with a Marilyn Monroe act in the talent portion, and later worked with Monroe's ex-husband, Joe DiMaggio, for a Virginia supplier of military bases. Despite the contention of Monroe biographer Donald Spoto, McKnight denied that she and DiMaggio were romantically involved.^[1]

She married actor Gary Conway in 1958 after meeting at UCLA, they have two children, they are owners of Carmody McKnight winery.^[2]

References

↑ South Carolina's first Miss America, Marian McKnight The Hartsville Messenger, May 20, 2005 (removed from site)
↑ "Miss America: Road to Success or Heartbreak?".

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sharon Ritchie	Miss America 1957	Succeeded by Marilyn Van Derbur
Preceded by Martha Chestnut	Miss South Carolina 1956	Succeeded by Cecilia Colvert

Miss America titleholders (1940–1959)

Frances Marie Burke (1940) Rosemary LaPlanche (1941) Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942) Jean Bartel (1943) Venus Ramey (1944) Bess Myerson (1945) Marilyn Buferd (1946) Barbara Jo Walker (1947) BeBe Shopp (1948) Jacque Mercer (1949) Yolande Betbeze (1951) Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952) Neva Jane Langley (1953) Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954) Lee Meriwether (1955) Sharon Ritchie (1956) Marian McKnight (1957) Marilyn Van Derbur (1958) Mary Ann Mobley (1959)

Complete list (1921–1939) (1940–1959) (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

Miss America

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Titleholders Award winners Outstanding Teen MAOT State pageants

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