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			\|name = Rebecca Dreman
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	\| birth_name= Rebecca Ann King		\|birth_name = Rebecca Ann King
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			\|occupation = Domestic-relations attorney specializing in divorce
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		⚫	\|title = Miss Metro Denver 1973<br />] 1973<br />] 1974
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	'''Rebecca ~~Ann~~ King''' (born 1950, in ]) is ~~most~~ ~~noted~~ as ~~holder~~ of ~~the~~ ~~1974~~ ] ~~title~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1970/1974.aspx \|title=1974: Rebecca King, Miss America \|publisher=Missamerica.org ~~\|date=~~ \|accessdate=2012-01-10~~}}</ref>~~ ~~Heralding the arrival of ] in this most traditional of events, Rebecca King was a law student, who famously expressed feminist political views at the Miss America Pageant's morning~~-~~after~~ ~~breakfast following her crowning~~. ~~The following year, when King crowned her successor, Miss Texas Shirley Cothran, feminists were again in Atlantic City protesting the pageant~~. King went on to earn her law degree, while Cothran earned her doctorate degree, making them the two most educationally accomplished Miss Americas, in what pageant historians view as an ironic turn of events, given the protests concerns about the pageant's presumed degradation of women.		'''Rebecca King Dreman''' (born '''Rebecca Ann King''', April 14, 1950, in ]) is an American attorney and beauty pageant titleholder, most noted for being ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1970/1974.aspx \|title=1974: Rebecca King, Miss America \|publisher=Missamerica.org \|accessdate=2012-01-10 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114162508/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1970/1974.aspx \|archivedate=2012-01-14 }}</ref>

			==Life and career==
	King received a law degree from the ] and became a practicing domestic-relations attorney specializing in divorce. She pressured the Miss America Pageant to award points for the interview section of the competition, and has spoken in favor of female empowerment at many schools and organizations. She married banker George Dreman and has since used the name Rebecca King Dreman.
			King was crowned Miss Colorado 1973 and later earned the title of ]. Heralding the arrival of ] in this most traditional of events, Rebecca King was a law student, who famously expressed feminist political views at the Miss America Pageant's morning-after breakfast following her coronation. She pressured the Miss America Organization to award points for the interview section of the competition and has spoken in favor of female empowerment at many schools and organizations.

			King received a law degree from the ] and became a practicing domestic-relations attorney specializing in divorce.
	Her daughter, Diana Dreman, won the ] 2011 pageant and will compete at ], making her the first daughter of a Miss America ever to compete for the Miss America title.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pageantcenter.com/pageants1/pageant-titleholders/miss-colorado-makes-pageant-history-daughter-of-miss-america-1974-competes-for-2012-miss-america-title/ \|title=Miss Colorado Makes Pageant History: Daughter of Miss America 1974 Competes for 2012 Miss America Title \|publisher=pageantcenter.com \|date=1999-02-22 \|accessdate=2012-01-10}}</ref>

			==Personal life==
			She married banker George Dreman in 1992 and has since used the name Rebecca King Dreman.<ref name="People">{{cite web\|first1=Michelle \|last1=Tauber \|first2=Mike \|last2=Neill \|first3=Lisa \|last3=Russell \|first4=Joanne\|last4=Fowler \|first5=Julie \|last5=Dam \|first6=Alex \|last6=Tresniowski \|first7=Samantha \|last7=Miller \|first8=Steve \|last8=Dougherty \|first9=Ting \|last9=Yu \|title= American Beauties: 80 Years \|work= People \|url=https://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/ \|date=October 16, 2000}}</ref> They have 2 daughters, Emily and Diana.<ref name="People"/> Her daughter, Diana, won the ] 2011 pageant and competed at the ] pageant, making her the first daughter of a Miss America ever to compete for the Miss America title.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pageantcenter.com/pageants1/pageant-titleholders/miss-colorado-makes-pageant-history-daughter-of-miss-america-1974-competes-for-2012-miss-america-title/ \|title=Miss Colorado Makes Pageant History: Daughter of Miss America 1974 Competes for 2012 Miss America Title \|publisher=pageantcenter.com \|date=1999-02-22 \|accessdate=2012-01-10}}</ref> In September 2010, after she felt a marshmallow-like lump in her arm she was diagnosed with stage-4 melanoma.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Glasgow \|first1=Greg \|title=Alumna and former Miss America Rebecca Dreman battling cancer with help of her family \|url=https://magazine-archive.du.edu/magazine/alumna-and-former-miss-america-rebecca-dreman-battling-cancer-with-help-of-her-family/ \|access-date=12 December 2023 \|work=] Magazine \|date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	* http://www.pageantcenter.com/history-70s.html

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Latest revision as of 15:18, 12 December 2023

Miss America

Rebecca Dreman
King as Miss America 1974
Born	Rebecca Ann King (1950-04-14) April 14, 1950 (age 74) Hancock, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Denver
Occupation	Domestic-relations attorney specializing in divorce
Title	Miss Metro Denver 1973 Miss Colorado 1973 Miss America 1974
Predecessor	Terry Meeuwsen
Successor	Shirley Cothran
Spouse	George Dreman (m. 1992)
Children	2

Rebecca King Dreman (born Rebecca Ann King, April 14, 1950, in Hancock, Iowa) is an American attorney and beauty pageant titleholder, most noted for being Miss America 1974.

Life and career

King was crowned Miss Colorado 1973 and later earned the title of Miss America 1974. Heralding the arrival of feminism in this most traditional of events, Rebecca King was a law student, who famously expressed feminist political views at the Miss America Pageant's morning-after breakfast following her coronation. She pressured the Miss America Organization to award points for the interview section of the competition and has spoken in favor of female empowerment at many schools and organizations.

King received a law degree from the University of Denver School of Law and became a practicing domestic-relations attorney specializing in divorce.

Personal life

She married banker George Dreman in 1992 and has since used the name Rebecca King Dreman. They have 2 daughters, Emily and Diana. Her daughter, Diana, won the Miss Colorado 2011 pageant and competed at the Miss America 2012 pageant, making her the first daughter of a Miss America ever to compete for the Miss America title. In September 2010, after she felt a marshmallow-like lump in her arm she was diagnosed with stage-4 melanoma.

References

"1974: Rebecca King, Miss America". Missamerica.org. Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
^ Tauber, Michelle; Neill, Mike; Russell, Lisa; Fowler, Joanne; Dam, Julie; Tresniowski, Alex; Miller, Samantha; Dougherty, Steve; Yu, Ting (October 16, 2000). "American Beauties: 80 Years". People.
"Miss Colorado Makes Pageant History: Daughter of Miss America 1974 Competes for 2012 Miss America Title". pageantcenter.com. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
Glasgow, Greg (1 March 2012). "Alumna and former Miss America Rebecca Dreman battling cancer with help of her family". University of Denver Magazine. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

Awards and achievements
Preceded byTerry Meeuwsen	Miss America 1974	Succeeded byShirley Cothran
Preceded bySally Anderson	Miss Colorado 1973	Succeeded byCynthia Hunter

v t e Miss America titleholders
1920s	Margaret Gorman (1921) Mary Campbell (1922) Mary Campbell (1923) Ruth Malcomson (1924) Fay Lanphier (1925) Norma Smallwood (1926) Lois Delander (1927)
1930s	Marian Bergeron (1933) Henrietta Leaver (1935) Rose Coyle (1936) Bette Cooper (1937) Marilyn Meseke (1938) Patricia Donnelly (1939)
1940s	Frances Marie Burke (1940) Rosemary LaPlanche (1941) Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942) Jean Bartel (1943) Venus Ramey (1944) Bess Myerson (1945) Marilyn Buferd (1946) Barbara Jo Walker (1947) BeBe Shopp (1948) Jacque Mercer (1949)
1950s	Yolande Betbeze (1951) Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952) Neva Jane Langley (1953) Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954) Lee Meriwether (1955) Sharon Ritchie (1956) Marian McKnight (1957) Marilyn Van Derbur (1958) Mary Ann Mobley (1959)
1960s	Lynda Lee Mead (1960) Nancy Fleming (1961) Maria Fletcher (1962) Jacquelyn Mayer (1963) Donna Axum (1964) Vonda Kay Van Dyke (1965) Deborah Bryant (1966) Jane Anne Jayroe (1967) Debra Dene Barnes (1968) Judith Anne Ford (1969)
1970s	Pamela Eldred (1970) Phyllis Ann George (1971) Laurie Lea Schaefer (1972) Terry Meeuwsen (1973) Rebecca Ann King (1974) Shirley Cothran (1975) Tawny Elaine Godin (1976) Dorothy Benham (1977) Susan Perkins (1978) Kylene Barker (1979)
1980s	Cheryl Prewitt (1980) Susan Powell (1981) Elizabeth Ward (1982) Debra Maffett (1983) Vanessa Williams / Suzette Charles (1984) Sharlene Wells (1985) Susan Akin (1986) Kellye Cash (1987) Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (1988) Gretchen Carlson (1989)
1990s	Debbye Turner (1990) Marjorie Judith Vincent (1991) Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (1992) Leanza Cornett (1993) Kimberly Clarice Aiken (1994) Heather Whitestone (1995) Shawntel Smith (1996) Tara Dawn Holland (1997) Katherine Shindle (1998) Nicole Johnson (1999)
2000s	Heather French (2000) Angela Perez Baraquio (2001) Katie Harman (2002) Erika Harold (2003) Ericka Dunlap (2004) Deidre Downs (2005) Jennifer Berry (2006) Lauren Nelson (2007) Kirsten Haglund (2008) Katie Stam (2009)
2010s	Caressa Cameron (2010) Teresa Scanlan (2011) Laura Kaeppeler (2012) Mallory Hagan (2013) Nina Davuluri (2014) Kira Kazantsev (2015) Betty Cantrell (2016) Savvy Shields (2017) Cara Mund (2018) Nia Franklin (2019)
2020s	Camille Schrier (2020) Emma Broyles (2022) Grace Stanke (2023) Madison Marsh (2024)

v t e Miss America 1974, state titleholders
FL: Ellen Meade CO: Rebecca Ann King NJ: Suzanne Plummer PA: Tina Louise Thomas

v t e Colorado pageant winners
Miss Colorado	Sharon Ritchie (1955) Marilyn Van Derbur (1957) Rebecca Ann King (1973) Kelley Johnson (2015) Madison Marsh (2023)
Miss Colorado USA	Blair Griffith (2011)
Miss Colorado Teen USA	Blair Griffith (2006) Hilary Cruz (2007)

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