Linda Bement
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Linda Bement, born Linda Jeanne Bement (born c. 1942), was the second Miss Utah USA to win the Miss USA crown and the first and only Miss Utah USA to win Miss Universe.
Bement was the third Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title. The 1960 pageant was also the first Miss Universe pageant to be televised nation-wide.
Bement's runner-up in the pageant was Daniela Bianchi of Italy, who also won the Miss Photogenic award and went on to world wide fame as Bond girl Tatiana Romanova in the Bond thriller From Russia with Love.
[edit] List of Runners-up and Semi-finalists
| Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| First Runner-up | Daniela Bianchi | Italy |
| Second Runner-up | Elizabeth Hodacs | Austria |
| Third Runner-up | Nicolette Joan Caras | South Africa |
| Fourth Runner-up | Maria Teresa Del Rio | Spain |
| Semi-Finalists | Jean MacPherson | Brazil |
| Maria Stella Marquez Zawadzky | Colombia | |
| Joan Ellinor Boardman | England | |
| Ingrun Helgard Moeckel | Germany | |
| Magda Passaloglou | Greece | |
| Aliza Gur | Israel | |
| Yayoi Furuno | Japan | |
| Sohn Miheeja | Korea | |
| Ragnhild Aass | Norway | |
| Elaine Maurath | Switzerland |
| Preceded by Terry Huntingdon |
Miss USA 1960 |
Succeeded by Sharon Brown |
| Preceded by Akiko Kojima |
Miss Universe 1960 |
Succeeded by Marlene Schmidt |
| Miss Universe Organization Titleholders 1960 |
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| Miss Universe Linda Bement |
Miss USA Linda Bement |
Miss Teen USA none |
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