LC control no. | no2014075680 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Betbeze, Yolande, 1928-2016 |
Variant(s) | Fox, Yolande Betbeze, 1928-2016 |
Biography/History note | Yolande Betbeze Fox (1928, Mobile, Alabama-2016, Washington, D.C.), Miss America 1951. |
Birth date | 1928-11-29 |
Death date | 2016-02-22 |
Place of birth | Mobile (Ala.) |
Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
Affiliation | Miss America Pageant |
Profession or occupation | Beauty contestants |
Found in | Photograph: Miss America 1951 visits Matthew Connelly, Truman Library, Sept. 18, 1950: (features Yolande Betbeze, Miss America, 1951) Miss America WWW site, viewed June 3, 2014 (Yolande Betbeze, Mobile, Alabama; Miss America 1951) Wikipedia.org, June 3, 2014 (Yolande Betbeze Fox; b. 1929, Mobile, Ala.; Miss America 1951) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolande_Fox> New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 26, 2016 (in obituary published Feb. 25: Yolande Betbeze Fox; b. Yolande Betbeze, Nov. 29, 1928, Mobile, Ala.; m. Matthew Fox; d. Monday [Feb. 22, 2016], Washington, aged 87; 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) |