Biography of Dian Parkinson

Dian Parkinson was born on November 30, 1944 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA as Dianna Lynn Batts. She is an actress, known for Vega$ , Mary Tyler Moore and Jerry.

In 1965, while living in Falls Church, Virginia, she won the Miss District of Columbia USA title and competed as Diana Batts in the Miss USA 1965 pageant, where she placed fourth runner-up. Parkinson won the 1965 Miss World USA contest. She went on to represent the United States in the international Miss World contest, and was first runner-up to Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom.

She traveled during 1965 with the Bob Hope USO Show including performances in Vietnam during late December 1965 and also served as Queen of the 1965 Bob Hope Desert Classic golf tournament.

In 1975, she was a guest star on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In 1978, she appeared in the pilot of the TV series Vega$.

From 1975 to 1993, Parkinson was a model on the US television game show The Price Is Right. Her 18-year tenure on the show was among the longest of any of the models, second only to Janice Pennington, who was with the show for more than 28 years.