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She graduated from “Ole Miss” in 1958 and was the university’s first Carrier Scholar and the first woman voted into the Alumni Hall of Fame. “When I was a little boy growing… [_Read the rest of our story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/former-miss-america-actress-mary-ann-mobley-dies-75-n265116?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ### See Photos of Every Miss America Since 1921  1921: Margaret Gorman from Washington AP  1922: Mary Katherine Campbell from Columbus, Ohio AP  1923: Mary Katherine Campbell from Columbus, Ohio New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images  1924: Ruth Malcomson from Philadelphia Bettmann/Corbis  1925: Fay Lanphier from Oakland, Calif. New York Daily News Archive—NY Daily News via Getty Images  1926: Norma D. Smallwood from Tulsa, Okla. New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images  1927: Lois Delander from Joliet, Ill. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  1933: Marian Bergeron from West Haven, Conn. Miss America  1935: Henrietta Leaver from Pittsburgh Imagno—Getty Images  1936: Rose Veronica Coyle from Philadelphia AP  1937: Bette Cooper from Bertrand Island, N.J. AP  1938: Marilyn Meseke from Marion, Ohio Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1939: Patricia Donnelly from Detroit Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1940: Frances Burke from Philadelphia AP  1941: Rosemary LaPlanche from Los Angeles George Enell—Getty Images  1942: Jo-Carroll Dennison from Tyler, Texas Planet News Archive/SSPL/Getty Images  1943: Jean Bartel from Los Angeles AP  1944: Venus Ramey from Washington Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Gett  1945: Bess Myerson from New York Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  1946: Marilyn Buferd from Los Angeles Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1947: Barbara Walker from Memphis, Tenn. Maurice Johnson— Bettmann/CORBIS  1948: Beatrice Shopp from Hopkins, Minn. Bettmann/Corbis  1949: Jacque Mercer from Litchfield, Ariz. Bettmann/Corbis  1951: Yolande Betbeze from Mobile, Ala. Bettmann/Corbis  1952: Colleen Kay Hutchins from Salt Lake City AP  1953: Neva Langley from Macon, Ga. Miss America  1954: Evelyn Ay from Ephrate, Pa. Bettmann/Corbis  1955: Lee Meriwether from San Francisco Bettmann/Corbis  1956: Sharon Kay Ritchie from Denver Bettmann/Corbis  1957: Marian Ann McKnight from Manning, S.C. Bettmann/Corbis  1958: Marilyn Van Derbur from Denver Bob Beegle—Denver Post/Getty Images  1959: Mary Ann Mobley from Brandon, Miss. Bettmann/Corbis  1960: Lynda Mead from Natchez, Miss. Bettmann/Corbis  1961: Nancy Fleming from Montague, Mich. Bettmann/Corbis  1962: Maria Fletcher from Asheville, N.C. Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1963: Jacquelyn Mayer from Sandusky, Ohio Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1964: Donna Axum from El Dorado, Ark. Bettmann/Corbis  1965: Vonda Van Dyke from Phoenix Bettmann/Corbis  1966: Deborah Bryant from Overland Park, Kan. George Crouter—Denver Post via Getty Images  1967: Jayne Anne Jayroe from Laverne, Okla. Bill Eppridge—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  1968: Debra Barnes from Pittsburg, Kan. Bettmann/Corbis  1969: Judi Ford from Belvidere, Ill. Miss America  1970: Pamela Anne Eldred from West Bloomfield, Mich. Bill Achatz—AP  1971: Phyllis George from Denton, Texas Bettmann/Corbis  1972: Laurel Lea Schaefer from Bexley, Ohio Bettmann/Corbis  1973: Terry Anne Meeuwsen from De Pere, Wis. Bettmann/Corbis  1974: Rebecca Ann King from Denver AP  1975: Shirley Cothran from Denton, Texas Miss America  1976: Tawny Godin from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. AP  1977: Dorothy Benham from Edina, Minn. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images  1978: Susan Perkins from Columbus, Ohio Miss America  1979: Kylene Barker from Roanoke, Va. Miss America  1980: Cheryl Prewitt from Ackerman, Miss. NBC/Getty Images  1981: Susan Powell from Elk City, Okla. Birns—AP  1982: Elizabeth Ward from Russellville, Ark. AP  1983: Debra Sue Maffett from Anaheim, Calif. NBC/Getty Images  1984: Vanessa Williams from Millwood, N.Y. Donna Connor—Bettmann/Corbis  1984: Suzette Charles from Mays Kanding, N.J. Bettmann/Corbis  1985: Sharlene Wells from Salt Lake City Barry Thumma—AP  1986: Susan Akin from Meridian, Miss. AP  1987: Kellye Cash from Memphis, Tenn. Mark Humphrey—AP  1988: Kaye Lani Rae Rafko from Monroe, Mich. Tom Hawley—The Monroe Evening News/AP  1989: Gretchen Carlson from Anoka, Minn. Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic  1990: Debbye Turner from Columbia, Mo. Tom Patrick—AP  1991: Marjorie Vincent from Oak Park, Ill. Miss America  1992: Carolyn Sapp from Honolulu Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images  1993: Leanza Cornett from Jacksonville, Fla. Joseph Sohm—Visions of America/Corbis  1994: Kimberly Aiken from Columbia, S.C. Charles Rex Arbogast—AP  1995: Heather Whitestone from Birmingham, Ala. Donna Connor—Sygma/Corbis  1996: Shawntel Smith from Muldrow, Okla. Tom Costello—AP  1997: Tara Dawn Holland from Overland Park, Kan. Daniel Hulshizer—AP  1998: Kate Shindle from Evanston, Ill. Daniel Hulshizer—AP  1999: Nicole Johnson from Virginia Beach, Va. Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images  2000: Heather French from Maysville, Ky. Donna Connor—Sygma/Corbis  2001: Angela Perez Baraquio from Honolulu Tom Mihalek—AFP/Getty Images  2002: Katie Harman from Gresham, Ore. Tom Mihalek—AFP/Getty Images  2003: Erika Harold from Urbana, Ill. Brian Branch—AP  2004: Ericka Dunlap from Orlando, Fla. William Thomas Cain—Getty Images  2005: Deidre Downs from Birmingham, Ala. Brian Branch Price—AP  2006: Jennifer Berry from Tulsa, Okla. Susan L. Gregg—Reuters/Corbis  2007: Lauren Nelson from Lawton, Okla. Ethan Miller—Getty Images  2008: Kirsten Haglund from Farmington Hills, Mich. Jae C. Hong—AP  2009: Katie Stam from Seymour, Ind. Isaac Brekken—AP  2010: Caressa Cameron from Fredericksburg, Va. Ethan Miller—Getty Images  2011: Teresa Scanlan from Gering, Neb. Steve Marcus—Reuters/Corbis  2012: Laura Kaeppeler from Kenosha, Wis. Steve Marcus—Reuters/Corbis  2013: Mallory Hytes Hagan from Brooklyn, N.Y. Steve Marcus—Reuters/Corbis  2014: Nina Davuluri from Syracuse, N.Y. Aristide Economopoulos—Star Ledger/Corbis  2015: Kira Kazantsev from Manhattan MJT/AdMedia/Corbis  Miss Arkansa, Savvy Shields, waves to crowd after being named new the Miss America 2017 in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 11, 2016. Noah K. 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