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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.
Pageant winner Lynda Lee Mead was the second Miss Mississippi in a row to wear the crown, succeeding actress Mary Ann Mobley. [1] Among the other contestants was Ann Marston of Michigan, an archery champion who had appeared on the cover of the Aug. 8, 1955 edition of Sports Illustrated. Her skill with a bow and arrow won Marston the talent ...
Four Miss Mississippis have won the Miss America crown: Mary Ann Mobley (1959), Lynda Lee Mead (1960), Cheryl Prewitt (1980), and Susan Akin (1986). The current titleholder is Becky Williams of Purvis, who was crowned Miss Mississippi 2024 on June 8, 2024 at the Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She competed for the title ...
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]
Lynda Lee Mead [21] Natchez: 20 Original dramatic act, "Schizophrenia" 1961: Sept. 10, 1960 Nancy Fleming [22] Michigan: Montague: 18 Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent (tie) Presentation of dress design 1962: Sept. 9, 1961 Maria Fletcher [23] North Carolina: Asheville: 19 Preliminary Swimsuit: Vocal/tap dance, "Somebody Loves Me" First ...
Lynda Lee Mead: Tau. 1960 Miss America, owner and president of Shea Design & French Country Imports [13] [14] Linda Miller: Rho. Actress; All My Children [3] Mary Ann ...
Mobley was born in 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi. [1] 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]
Lee Mead (born 1981), British musical theatre actor; Les Mead (1909–1996), Australian rugby league footballer; Lynda Lee Mead (born 1939), 1960 winner of the Miss America pageant; Marcia Mead (1879–1967), architect; Margaret Mead (1901–1978), anthropologist; Mary Mead (1935–1996), rancher and Wyoming politician; Matt Mead (born 1962 ...