Linda Bement’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Miss USA 1960 and Miss Universe 1960
Is Model 
Beauty pageant contestant 
From United States of America 
Type Fashion 
Gender female
Birth Utah
Family
Spouse: Manuel Ycaza

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, 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.

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.

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