From the stage to the street
Ex-beauty queen's illness, struggle with alcohol lead to homelessness
By Cathy Frye
This article was published April 1, 2007 at 6:00 a.m.
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Bunnie Holbert was crowned Miss Arkansas in 1977. Today, she is living at a homeless shelter.
Bunnie Holbert, then and now
Bunny Holbert was crowned Miss Arkansas in the summer of 1977. Since then, her life has been a serie...
In September 1977, a petite, glossy-haired Bunnie Holbert glided across the stage at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City.
She wore a cranberry-red jersey dress that flowed to the floor and matching peau de sois shoes for each night's opening number. In the talent competition, she sang "Feelings" - the same piece she had performed in the Miss Arkansas Pageant just a few months earlier. For the evening gown contest, she donned a white, jeweled crepe-chiffon dress.
For more information see today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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