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Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America Who Defied Convention, Dies at 87

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, 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 left a lasting legacy in the pageant world in 1951. Today at 85 years old, she is still going strong. Born and raised in Mobile, Fox became Miss Alabama in 1950 in order to.


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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 (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, 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, 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 a


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Yolande Betbeze Fox. Rebellious winner of the 1951 Miss America contest who campaigned for civil rights and became a Democratic party fundraiser. Monday February 29 2016, 12.01am, The Times.


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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.


Susie Moore, who was 'like a sister' to Yolande Betbeze Fox, dies at 93

Yolande Margaret Betbeze Fox (November 28, 1928 - February 22, 2016) was an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951. Oops something went wrong: 403 Yolande Margaret Betbeze Fox was an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951.


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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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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.


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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.


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Yolande Betbeze Fox, an aspiring opera singer who was crowned Miss America in 1951, refused to model in a swimsuit after her win. "I'm an opera singer,.