Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America Who Defied Convention, Dies at 87
Yolande Betbeze Fox (November 29, 1928 - February 22, 2016) was an American singer and beauty pageant winner. She was crowned Miss America 1951. She won her first crown in 1949 when she won Mobile's "Miss Torch" pageant. In 1950, she entered Miss Alabama because it offered scholarship opportunities. [1] Fox was an active feminist.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, Alabama's first Miss America and the woman who changed the rules on wearing swimsuits, has died, a family spokesperson has confirmed to a news portal. Fox died on Monday, Feb. 22, at a hospice in Washington, D.C. She was 87. "She died of lung cancer," said Nancy Collins, longtime friend and spokeswoman for the family.
Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America Who Defied Convention, Dies at 87
Yolande Betbeze Fox (November 29, 1928 - February 22, 2016) was an American singer and beauty pageant winner. She was crowned Miss America 1951. She won her first crown in 1949 when she won Mobile's "Miss Torch" pageant. In 1950, she entered Miss Alabama because it offered scholarship opportunities. Fox was an active feminist.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, a Miss America who rebelled, dies at 87 By Adam Bernstein February 25, 2016 at 8:07 p.m. EST Yolande Betbeze Fox marches in protest of segregation in front of a Woolworth's.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, the beauty queen who was crowned 1951's Miss America Pageant representative, raised a ruckus after refusing to tour the U.S. in revealing swimsuits. "I'm an opera singer, not.
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Betbeze Fox was originally from Mobile, but she died in an assisted living home in Washington on February 22 of lung cancer, according to her daughter Dolly Fox. Betbeze Fox was.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, the 1951 Miss America Pageant winner known for her rebellious nature, is dead at 87, according to a report. The Washington Post reports that Fox died of lung cancer on Feb. 22.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, 87, a convent-educated Alabamian who defied convention and set new standards by refusing to tour the country as Miss America of 1951 in revealing bathing suits, died Monday in.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, the 1951 Miss America who caused a stir when she refused to tour the U.S. in revealing swimsuits, died Feb. 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C., where she lived. She was 87. She was 87.
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Fox, daughter of Yolande Betbeze Fox, a Mobile-native and the first Miss Alabama to be crowned Miss America in 1951, is in Birmingham to judge this year's Miss Alabama. "It's really.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, 87, a Miss America who rebelled By Adam Bernstein Washington Post,February 26, 2016, 4:33 p.m. Ms. Fox marched in protest of segregation in front of a Woolworth's store in.
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Yolande Margaret Betbeze Fox (November 28, 1928 - February 22, 2016) was an American singer, feminist, activist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951 . Early life Betbeze was born on November 28, 1928, in Mobile, Alabama, to William, a butcher, and Ethel Betbeze.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, a convent-educated Alabamian who defied convention, and set new standards, by refusing to tour the country as Miss America of 1951 in revealing bathing suits, died on Monday.
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Yolande Betbeze Fox, Alabama's first Miss America and the woman who changed the rules on wearing swimsuits, has died, her daughter has confirmed to AL.com. Fox died on Monday, Feb. 22, at a.
