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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]
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. Titleholders Nine Miss USA winners have gone on to become Miss Universe and are indicated in bold face.
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 ...
The most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced two Miss USA winners, in 1960 (Linda Bement, who went on to win the Miss Universe 1960 title) and in 2023. Miss Utah USA 1957, Charlotte Sheffield, also won the Miss USA 1957 crown after the original titleholder (Leona Gage, Miss Maryland USA) was dethroned. Utah has a ...
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 USA crowned its first winner in 1952. Here's how the winning styles have evolved since then — from embellished swimsuits to evening gowns.
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 ...