- Is cousin of author 'Zachary Zilba'.
- Broke into the industry when she sang 'The Star Spangled Banner' to a sold out crowd of 80,000, and live on television at the Orange Bowl.
- Began her own production company, 'On Location Productions', and hosted one of its creations, "Eye on Fort Lauderdale", on an evening television show in Florida.
- Her manager, Frank Anderson, is her ex-husband.
- Comes from a family of seven children.
- Is the second person in her family to be "Miss Ohio" and compete in the "Miss America" pageant, older sister Juliana Zilba was the first.
- Both Mary and sister Juliana won the talent portions of the "Miss America" pageants they each competed in.
- Mary and her sister Juliana remain a Trivial Pursuit Question as the only sisters to compete in the "Miss America" pageant.
- Currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Former "Miss Ohio" 1988.
- Won the talent portion of the 1988 "Miss America" pageant.
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