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Miss USA 1960 was the ninth Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 7, 1960. At the end of the event, Linda Bement of Utah was crowned by Terry Huntingdon of California as Miss USA 1960. [1] It is the second victory of Utah in the pageant's history. Bement later competed at Miss Universe and won. [2]
1st Runner-Up at Miss USA; Assumed title when Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe; 1996: Louisiana: Ali Landry: Breaux Bridge: 22 Top 6: 1997: Hawaii: Brook Lee: Pearl City: 26 Miss Universe 1997: Idaho: Brandi Sherwood: Idaho Falls: 26 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA; Assumed title when Brook Lee won Miss Universe; 1998: Massachusetts: Shawnae Jebbia ...
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, [3] Bement was the second woman from Utah to be crowned Miss USA. She represented the United States in the Miss Universe 1960 pageant, broadcast from Miami Beach, Florida, where she was crowned the winner of the title by Miss Universe 1959 Akiko Kojima of Japan. The 1960 pageant was ...
Bement, who died in 2018, won the 1960 Miss USA pageant while representing Utah before becoming Miss Universe the same year. She was the first Miss Universe winner to be crowned during a live ...
Miss United States 1960, also referred to as Miss World USA 1960, was the 3rd edition of the Miss United States World pageant, was held in Bridgeport, Connecticut.. It was originally won by Annette Driggers of New York City, NY, who was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Loretta Powell of Connecticut, but it was discovered Driggers was only 15 years old, while having claimed she was 20.
Miss America 1960, the 33rd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1959 [1] on CBS. Pageant winner Lynda Lee Mead was the second Miss Mississippi in a row to wear the crown, succeeding actress Mary Ann Mobley .
Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020, when the organization announced it was licensing operation of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants to Crystle Stewart, Miss USA for 2008 prior to her ...
Miss Japan 1959: 24 July 1959 34 1960 United States: Linda Bement [10] 18 Salt Lake City: Miss USA 1960: 9 July 1960 43 1961 Germany: Marlene Schmidt [11] 23 Stuttgart: Miss Germany 1961: 15 July 1961 48 1962 Argentina: Norma Nolan [12] 24 Venado Tuerto: Miss Argentina 1962: 14 July 1962 52 1963 Brazil: Iêda Maria Vargas [13] 18 Porto Alegre ...