Chosen as Miss North Dakota in 1997 , she was among the top ten finalists in Miss America 1998 , winning the Scholar Award . Saberi holds a master 's degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University and a second master 's degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge , where she played for the university soccer team and the King 's College , Cambridge , soccer team . She was working on another master 's degree in Iranian studies at the time of her arrest . Saberi moved to Iran in 2003 . US-based Feature Story News ( FSN ) distributed her reports to a wide range of broadcasters around the world , and Saberi 's work soon became circulated to the viewers and listeners of Channel News Asia , South African Broadcasting , DW Radio , Vatican Radio , Radio New Zealand , Australian Independent Radio News , and others . She also made occasional contributions to PBS , NPR , and Fox News
Miss America 1998
Miss America 1998
Roxana Saberi