Prior to the Games, she had been working on a "front aerial walkover"—a balance-beam skill that was quite risky for the time—but, because she was injured, she did not attempt this move during the competition, and she did not win a medal.

Rigby commented that she was "scared to death" during rehearsals; only 20 and just a year into "retirement," she had no idea what she would be doing with the rest of her life when the role came along.

[4] In the mid-1970s, Rigby shattered an old taboo by appearing in a series of TV commercials for Stayfree maxi pads, thereby becoming the first celebrity to endorse a menstrual hygiene product.

[10] Rigby confirmed that she was leaving the role of Peter Pan for good when her tour concluded on April 28, 2013.

In late August 2015, Rigby reprised her role as Peter Pan in a limited 15-day run at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver.

[12][13] After retiring from gymnastics, Rigby married professional football player Tommy Mason in 1972, with whom she had two sons.

While acting in The Wizard of Oz, she met her second husband, Tom McCoy, whom she credited with helping her fight bulimia nervosa.

She suffered from bulimia for 12 years and wrote in an article for People in 1984: "I wanted to be perfect in my attitude and in my weight.