Mary Johanna Harum was born in Madison , South Dakota and lived in Sioux Falls , South Dakota , as well as in Denmark , as a child and teenager . She speaks both Danish and Swedish fluently . Hart , who competed as Mary Harum when she was Miss South Dakota 1970 , was a semi-finalist in the Miss America 1971 pageant . In 1968 , Hart graduated , first from Augustana Academy and in 1972 from Augustana College in Sioux Falls . While teaching English at Washington High School for two years , she also produced and anchored her own talk show on KSFY-TV , the local NBC affiliate
Miss America 1971
Miss America 1971
Mary Hart