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Lynda Lee Shea (née Mead; born April 17, 1939) is an American businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Mississippi 1959 and Miss America 1960.Shea attended Natchez High School and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority.
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 .
The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides more money than any other scholarship pageant in the Miss America Organization. Four Miss Mississippis have won the Miss America crown: Mary Ann Mobley (1959), Lynda Lee Mead (1960), Cheryl Prewitt (1980), and Susan Akin (1986).
Miss America is an annual competition open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 ... Lynda Lee Mead, Miss America 1960. Nancy Anne Fleming, Miss ...
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Nuclear engineer and former Miss America Grace Stanke has entered the fierce debate in Australia over its future energy ... Water crisis in West still looms as Lakes Mead and Powell only 35% full.
Lynda Lee Mead: Spouse: ... After her reign as Miss America 1959, Mobley embarked on a career in both film and television. She signed a five-year contract with MGM. [2]
Shea was married (1949) to the former Gwyn Cooke Rainer, 1930-2009 (later Mrs. Shelby Foote), with whom he had two children; then (1964) to the former Lynda Lee Mead (Miss America, 1960), the couple had three children. [4]