In 1959, she performed the title part in The Ramona Pageant, a annually outdoor enjoy at Hemet, California, which is based on the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson and Bob Biloe. While attending La Jolla High School she gained the title of Miss La Jolla and the title of Miss San Diego - the Fairest of the Fair - at the San Diego County Fair. Her mother and father divorced when she completed her university yrs.