Miss America
Mobley was crowned Miss America 1959, the first Mississippian to achieve this honor, winning the national talent award.
Mobley joined her husband, Gary Collins, as co-host of the 1989 Miss America pageant.
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Famous quotes containing the word america:
“In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed of.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In America they carry latch-keys, and walk about with young gentlemen as young gentlemen walk about with each other.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)