Alison hears the difficult story of Miss America 1958, Marilyn Van Derbur Marilyn Van Derbur has always been the picture of perfection. Growing up in Denver, Colorado, she excelled in academics, ...

Marilyn Van Derbur is selling her pageant crown and matching bracelet at an opening bid of $20,000. It is the first time a Miss America crown will be auctioned off. Van Derbur plans to donate all ...

DENVER- The “Me Too” movement has led to a series of revelations from women and men who have shared their stories of sexual harassment and assault. Nearly 30 years ago, Marilyn Van Derbur-Atler told ...

Marilyn Van Derbur’s job begins each morning with a keystroke. In the early hours of the day, she reads e-mails that literally make her weep. In an anything-but-typical-day, this 71-year-old Colorado ...

DILLON – When former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur’s story of incest appeared on the front pages of the Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News in 1991, she thought her life was over. She had hid ...

Former Miss America Van Derbur told how her abuser, her father, was in her room one night, when she, then a child of 11, heard her mother coming down the hall toward her room. “Everything stopped,” ...

Marilyn Van Derbur Atler seemed to have everything: A loving family, a beautiful home and eventually the title of Miss America. Not everything is as it seemed, though. Her life wasn’t anything close ...

Feb. 27 - Marilyn Van Derbur Atler, beauty queen, a victim of and a nationally recognized expert on incest, has offered her insights to the Boulder police in the investigation of the sexual abuse and ...

Please join Darkness to Light at the first ever, Darkness to Light Spring Luncheon featuring guest speaker Marilyn Van Derbur. The luncheon will be held March 20 at 11:30 a.m. at the Daniel Island ...

Marilyn Van Derbur, the former Miss America who made national news when she revealed her trauma of being a sexually abused daughter, will deliver a motivational message at 6 p.m. Thursday at Borders ...

After six decades, Marilyn Van Derbur is bestowing her Miss America crown upon someone else. The crown, which Van Derbur won in 1958, is currently being sold by Heritage Auctions to raise money for ...

Former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur (Engl) gave a keynote address in April at Utah Valley University, part of an event hosted by “The Clothesline Project: Silent Voices,” a program for national ...