Her character anticipated Nichelle Nichols' much more famous role as a female spaceship bridge officer on the 1960s television series Star Trek. The same year Mansfield carried the Miss Emmy torch at the Palladium during the sixth annual Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awards banquet.
This passage describes how Mansfield's character was influenced by the success of Nichelle Nichols on "Star Trek" and how she herself was recognized with an Emmy Award.