Crowned Miss Loews
Crowned Miss Press Photographer of New York
During the Korean War, she appeared on a cover of Look magazine becoming a pinup favorite of GIs.
In the early 1950s, she was a showgirl at the Copacabana.
Mother of writer/director Maureen Egan
Was close friends with James Dean, even allowing Dean to sleep on the couch of her (and her roommate's) apartment.
Won title of Miss Brooklyn in her late teens/early 20s.
Won title of Miss Coney Island in her late teens/early 20s, before heading to Los Angeles.