Linda Jeanne Bement (November 2, 1941 – March 19, 2018) was an American model and beauty queen who became the third

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to be crowned

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. She died of natural causes on March 19, 2018, at her home in Salt Lake City.

Miss Universe 1960

A member of

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, Bement was the second woman from

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to be crowned

. She represented the United States in the

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pageant, broadcast from

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, where she was crowned the winner of the title by

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of Japan. The 1960 pageant was the first Miss Universe pageant to be televised nationwide.

Life after Miss Universe

In 1962 she married the Panamanian-born future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame

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Manuel Ycaza Manuel Ycaza (born Carlos Manuel De Ycaza; February 1, 1938 – July 16, 2018) was a Panamanian American jockey who led the way for Latin American jockeys in the United States. De Ycaza began riding ponies at age six and by age fourteen was ridi ...

. The couple had two children before they divorced in November 1969.Linda Bement/Manuel Ycaza 1969 divorce notice in TIME magazine
/ref> Linda died of natural causes on March 19, 2018, at her home in Salt Lake City.

References

External links

Official Miss Universe website - Past titleholders
1941 births 2018 deaths Latter Day Saints from Utah Miss Universe 1960 contestants Miss Universe winners Miss USA 1960s delegates Miss USA winners People from Salt Lake City 20th-century American people {{US-pageant-bio-stub