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She was also a former miss oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and was a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for. Childrens oral health basics childrens oral health. When marilyn van derbur atler shares her tale of incest, people respond with confidences of their own the 1958 miss america received a letter from a 73yearold woman who, after reading about ms. This discrepancy is due to no national pageants being held from 19281932 or in 1934 because of financial problems associated with the great depression.
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