- Marian McKnight
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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]
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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) Categories:- Miss America winners
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- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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