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Mary Ann Mobley

Mobley, Miss Mississippi 1958, won the 1959 Miss America title after she switched from a prim aria to a mock strip tease in the talent competition.

She later appeared in two Elvis Presley movies, and co-hosted the Miss America Pageant with husband Gary Collins.

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Julie Bryan Moran was named America's Junior Miss 1980 before graduating magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism. 

Her broad career in television and journalism has included Wide World of Sports, Movie Time for E! and NBA Inside Stuff; and Entertainment Tonight.

Deborah Norville

Norville, the Inside Edition anchor who was embroiled in controversy when she replaced Jane Pauley on Today, was Georgia's Junior Miss in the 1976 America's Junior Miss Pageant.

Aishwarya Rai

Hailed by 60 Minutes as "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World", Aishwarya Rai earned the titles of Miss India and Miss World 1994 before becoming the leading lady of Bollywood and an international sensation.

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• Watch Aishwarya Rai on The Early Show

Jeri Ryan

Jeri Lynn Ryan competed as Miss Illinois in the 1990 Miss America Pageant. There, resembling the 'Toon character, Jessica Rabbit, she won the swimsuit competition and placed as 4th runner-up. A graduate of Northwestern University, Jeri was a national merit scholar.

She has enjoyed a successful television career, appearing numerous shows including: The O.C., Dark Skies, Melrose Place, and Murder, She Wrote.  She starred as the sexy Borg character, "Seven of Nine," in Star Trek: Voyager and later later as teacher Ronnie Cook in the hit series Fox TV's Boston Public.

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