She later attended North Texas State University and earned her bachelor of science in elementary education and her master's degree in guidance counseling.

[1] Cothran later used the scholarship money she earned from her Miss America win towards her Ph.D. in early childhood education and family counseling.

She appeared, with her husband and three sons, on the television game show Family Feud in the season 19 episodes 62 and 64.

Cothran married Richard Barret in 1976 and has four children: David, Julia, John, and Mark.

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