Shelley Marks is a maven.

She loves that she is a natural magnet for the latest and greatest in the marketplace. She loves to learn about new fashion, new trends, new music before other people.

Shelley aspires to be healthy.

She is an avid athlete which includes golf and tennis, racquet and snow sports, pilates and yoga.

Shelley is adventuresome.

She is a free-spirit and unconventional. She likes the opportunity to look at every part of the world in a different way.

Her interests are: quantum physics, bio-chemistry and spirituality -- and the way they interrelate.

Design and archictecture, fashion and the style of living and being are also her fortes. These include: music, art, animals, the way your house is designed....

She prides herself in being a MotoMom since her son, four years ago, got into the sport of Motocross, both freestyle and racing.

She is a homeschooling mom.

Shelley aspires to be soulful.

Her life's purpose is nurturing greatness in others, starting with her two children.

She is currently a team leader with her daughter in a program called Commitment to Living Love. Together, they are using the concept and tools they have learned to inspire young people to find out who they are, to discover what they love, and to help reach their potential. Having realized what she didn't get as a youth, Shelley aspires to help give kids the tools they need to accept who they are and to thrive as adults.

Shelley is a former business / marketing student at the University of Colorado.

In 1979, pageant representatives from the Miss Colorado organization selected Ms. Marks, along with a number of other KKG sorority sisters, to compete in order to represent their state. She won the 1980 competition and two weeks later went on to the Miss USA Pageant.

The privilege of the Miss Colorado crown awarded her the opportunity to learn about other cultures, to find empathy in so many, to inspire others to believe in themselves, and to demonstrate humanity through her own personal challenges in life.

Her experience also taught her endurance.

Shelley Marks currently resides in Scottsdale Arizona with her two children, her Black Lab, Aspen and her horse named Maui.