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Show —Associated Press Wirephouo Miss Colorado—the new Miss America of 1958—proudly poses in royal regalia after capturing top honors- in Atlantic City. She is Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur, 20, Denver. The queen of America beauties tapes 35-25-36. Colorado Beauty Earns Miss America Mantle ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Sept. 7 (UP)—Miss Colorado, 20-year- old Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur, t of Denver, a statuesque blonde with green eyes, was named Miss America Saturday night in the climax of a week-long beauty pageant at Convention Hall. The-five-foot, eight-inch Miss Colorado, who played an organ recital in the talent division, was crowned the nation's beauty queen for 1958 after winning over 50 other young lovely girls in three gruelling nights of competition before Saturday night's semifinal and final round. Next in Line The fairest beauty in all the land weighs 130 pounds and has measurements of 35-25-36. She was the choice of the judges over four other finalist. Trailing her in order were Miss Georgia, Jody Elizabeth Shattuck, 20, of Atlanta; Miss Oklahoma, Mary Nancy Denner, 21, 7 of Alva; Miss California, Lorna M. Anderson, 18, of Sacramento, and Miss Florida, Dorothy o Maria Steiner, 20, of Boca Raton. Miss Colorado was crowned by Marian McKnight, Miss America of 1957, before an approving crowd of 20,000 in Convention Hall and a television audience numbering an estimated 40-million. The new Miss America was crowned after each of the five finalists answered two questions they had drawn from two fish- bowls. First Question Her first question was whether she thought it proper for a lady to propose marriage in our modern clay and she answered quickly: "No, I definitely do not believe that a lady should propose to a man. This is definitely the man's place in the home and family." "The woman tends to take over the man's position," she added. "It should begin when proposing- and go right on through with his being the head of the family." She named the airplane' as the greatest invention in world See Page 10, Column 1 Behind History's Headlines |
