Rebecca Ann King (born April 14, 1950, in

Hancock, Iowa Hancock is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States, along the West Nishnabotna River. The population was 200 at the time of the 2020 census. History Hancock got its start in the year 1880, following construction of the Rock Island ...

) 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 Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

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 The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions. Savannah Cavanaugh of Beaver Creek, Colorado was ...

2011 pageant and competed at the

Miss America 2012 Miss America 2012, the 85th Miss America pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts of Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, January 14, 2012. Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan fro ...

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.https://magazine-archive.du.edu/magazine/alumna-and-former-miss-america-rebecca-dreman-battling-cancer-with-help-of-her-family/ Alumna and former Miss America Rebecca Dreman battling cancer

References

1950 births Living people American feminists American lawyers American women lawyers Miss America 1974 delegates Miss America winners People from Pottawattamie County, Iowa Sturm College of Law alumni 21st-century American women {{US-pageant-bio-stub