Famous Pageant
Winners
From Halle Berry to Oprah Winfrey -
famous pageant winners and losers
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Diane Sawyer
 Chosen
as America's Junior Miss 1963, Diane used her pageant scholarship
money to attend Wellesley College, worked as a weathergirl, then
press aide to Richard Nixon during his presidency and after his
Watergate resignation.
In 1981 she was named co-anchor of the
CBS Morning News. Initially dismissed by some critics
as an unqualified beauty queen, Sawyer earned high marks and
was hired as a Sixty Minutes correspondent, co-anchor
of Day One, Turning Point, and, finally, ABC's PrimeTime
Live. Sawyer ranks as one of the highest paid newswomen in
television history.
Sharon Stone
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Sharon Stone, of Basic Instinct fame, honed her instincts
for performing in small town pageants where she won the titles
Saegertown's Spring Festival Queen and 1976 Miss Crawford County.
When a Miss Pennsylvania Pageant judge suggested she try modeling,
she contracted with the Eileen Ford Agency and her career was
launched.
Stone eventually switched to acting, starring in Basic
Instinct, Sliver, and Intersection, and rapidly becoming
one of the highest paid actresses in film history.
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Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
Thiessen parlayed
her titles, Miss Junior America and winner of the 'Teen Magazine
Model Search, into a successful television career. The actresses
roles include Saved by the Bell and Valerie Malone on
Beverly Hills 90210 (She replaced Shannen Doherty).
Gina Tolleson
Gina's
titles include Miss South Carolina, Miss World USA, and Miss
World 1990. She enjoys an entertainment career and is
married to actor Alan Thicke.
Marilyn Van Derbur
Marilyn
Van Derbur, Miss America 1958, remains one the most respected Miss
Americas ever. Her road to the national crown was serendipity,
according to the book Miss America: In Pursuit of the Crown".
According to the book,
Marilyn Van Derbur was literally drafted into the Miss University of
Colorado Pageant by her sorority sisters when she was called out of a
meeting for a long distance phone call. Marilyn nearly panicked.
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2003, Miss America 1958, Marilyn Van Derbur, publishes "Miss America By
Day", her account of growing up as a
victim of sexual abuse. The revelation that a tremendously
respected former Miss America had been the victim of incest is met with
a huge outpouring of public sympathy - and a flood of contact from women
across the country with similar stories. Overnight, Van Derbur
becomes an advocate on the issue and an inspirational model of hope for
sexual abuse survivors worldwide.
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Raquel Welch
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her era, Raquel Welch was considered to be one of the world's sexiest
women. Her titles included Miss Photogenic, Miss La Jolla, Miss Contour,
Miss San Diego and 1957 Miss Fairest of the Fair. The judges placed her
only second in the Miss Southern California Pageant.
Her film credits include the memorable role of prehistoric babe
in One Million B.C. Her
career break came when she appeared with Mae West in the film,
Myra Breckinridge. On Broadway, she starred
in Woman of the Year and in Victor/Victoria.
Her
business acumen has been demonstrated through her highly successful
line of Raquel Welch wigs.
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Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical
or Comedy for The
Three Musketeers
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Golden Globe nomination for
Right to Die
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Bridgette
Wilson-Sampras
Bridgette
won the 1990 Miss Teen USA title representing Oregon (she was the second
contestant from the state to win the national title.
Bridgette
went into acting and appeared on Saved By The Bell,
Billy Madison, the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Last Action Hero,
Mortal Kombat, Love Stinks, Shop Girl, I Know What You Did
Last Summer and The Wedding Planner.
In 2000,
she married tennis star Pete Sampras, with whom she has two sons,
Christian and Ryan.
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