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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 ...
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 ...
The 1960 presidential election was the closest election since 1916, and this closeness can be explained by a number of factors. [2] Kennedy benefited from the economic recession of 1957–1958 , which hurt the standing of the incumbent Republican Party, and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered Democrats than Republicans. [ 3 ]
Miss USA 1956: 20 July 1956 30 1957 Peru: Gladys Zender [7] 17 Lima: Miss Perú 1957: 19 July 1957 32 1958 Colombia: Luz Marina Zuluaga [8] 19 Pereira: Virreina Colombia 1957: 26 July 1958 36 1959 Japan: Akiko Kojima [9] 22 Tokyo: Miss Japan 1959: 24 July 1959 34 1960 United States: Linda Bement [10] 18 Salt Lake City: Miss USA 1960: 9 July ...
The 1960 presidential election changed everything. ... Kennedy won Illinois and its 27 electoral votes by just 8,858 votes out of more than 4.7 million cast. ... This was the “first time in 100 ...
Alma Cooper speaks to TODAY.com about becoming Miss USA, her Afro-Latina heritage, her mom and dad's influence, and the organization's recent controversy.
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.