In 1987, she moved from Southern California to Maui, Hawaii, founding The Living Ministry as Reverend Beverly Powers, a licensed Christian minister and pastor.
Originally a burlesque artist and actress. Began her career as a dancer in the chorus of the Tropicana and the Sands in Las Vegas at age 17. By 1959, she worked as a striptease artist billed as 'Miss Beverly Hills', eventually headlining at the Largo Club on the Sunset Strip.