Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur ( born June 16 , 1937 ) is the Miss Colorado 1957 , 1958 Miss America pageant holder , author and motivational speaker . In 2011 , she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award . She founded the '' Survivor United Network '' ( SUN ) , and authored '' Miss America By Day : Lessons Learned from Ultimate Betrayals and Unconditional Love , '' which spent 13 weeks on Colorado 's top ten non-fiction bestsellers list and was awarded the Writer 's Digest '' Most Inspirational Book '' award ( first place ) in 2003
1958 Miss America
Miss America 1958
Marilyn Van Derbur