Linda Bement

Linda Bement
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Linda Jeanne Bement
(1941-11-02) November 2, 1941
Hair color Brown
Eye color Green
Title(s) Miss Utah USA 1960
Miss USA 1960
Miss Universe 1960
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Utah USA 1960
(Winner)
Miss USA 1960
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1960
(Winner)
Spouse Manuel Ycaza
(1962–1969)
Children 2

Linda Jeanne Bement (born November 2, 1941), is an American model and beauty queen who became the third Miss USA to be crowned Miss Universe.

Miss Universe 1960

A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[1] 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 Long Beach, California, where she was crowned the winner of the title by Miss Universe 1959, Akiko Kojima of Japan. The 1960 pageant was the first Miss Universe pageant to be televised nationwide.[2]

Life after Miss Universe

In 1962 she married the Panamanian-born future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racing jockey, Manuel Ycaza. The couple had two children before they divorced in November 1969.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Linda Bement at Mormon World Records at the Wayback Machine (archived April 27, 2006)
  2. ↑ Newsreel footage of her Miss Universe win (Pathé)
  3. ↑ Linda Bement/Manuel Ycaza 1969 divorce notice in TIME magazine


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