Career
Hinterberger was born in Buffalo, New York in 1954, and raised in Clifton Park. She was the oldest daughter of seven children. During her reign as Mission New York, she held speaking engagements for various companies during the year.
She moved to Texas in 1976, where she worked in the energy industry and had her own seismic brokerage company.
She died due to breast cancer in 2009, at age 54.