She was crowned Miss America 1970 on September 6 , 1969 . A ballerina , Eldred performed a dance in the Miss America talent competition to music from '' Romeo and Juliet '' . One of the five finalists Eldred defeated in the Miss America 1970 pageant was singer and actress Susan Anton . She participated in the home-coming of Kirsten Haglund along with Nancy Fleming Lange and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson both former Miss Michigans who also became Miss America . After her year as Miss America 1970 , she married Dr. Jules F. Levey and had a daughter , Hilary Levey ( Friedman ) , a Harvard-educated sociologist . She later remarried lawyer , Norman Robbins , in 1998 who is 29 years her senior
Miss America 1970
Miss America 1970
Pamela Eldred