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(Carolyn Ann Komant)
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| c. 40 / 41 |
is born in New York City of Danish and Russian ancestry
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| 58 |
wins her first beauty title in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
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is a student from Kittery, Maine
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| 59 |
is crowned “Miss Maine”
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| 22 July 59 |
is among the 15 semifinalist in the “Miss USA” finals of the “Miss Universe” contest held in Long Beach, California. The others are Barbara Stell, Missouri; Joy Blaine, Nevada; Arlene Nesbitt, New York; Carelgean Douglas, Texas, Wilda Estep, West Virginia; Dorothy Gladys Taylor, Georgia; Kay Neilson, Iowa; Mary La Bianco, Louisiana; Diane White, Maryland; Pat Sullivan, Alabama, Donna Sue Needham, Arkansas; Diane Lee Gardner, Colorado; Terry Lynn Huntington, California; and Nanita Greene, Florida. Even though it's only opening night, she says she’s anxious for the pageant to end; she wants to get back to her boyfriend.
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| November 59 |
receives court approval of a $135 weekly Warner Brothers contract because she's under 21-years-old
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| March 60 |
demonstrates in local newspapers that “glamour needn’t be a guessing game”
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| April 60 |
attributes her winning a beauty contest and a contract at Warner Brothers to her elder sister, who is a model
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will reign as queen of the 34th annual Newball Saugus Rodeo at Saugus Stadium on April 30 and May 1
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| September 61 |
is reported returning to Hampton Beach for a vacation
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| October 61 |
is featured in Pageant
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| c. November 62 |
marries Michael Patrick Vliet and retires from the screen to follow him to Vandenberg Air Force Base. He's 27; she's about 21.
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| 27 November 63 |
her son Mark S. is born in Santa Barbara
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| 27 September 68 |
her son Lance E. is born in Santa Barbara
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| September 68 |
divorces Vliet in Santa Barbara. He will remarry in 1980 and die in 1985 at age 50 in California.
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| 5 December 70 |
marries Robert Joseph Lavender in Florida
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Sources:
Pageant, Oakland Tribune, Mansfield News-Journal, The Charleston Gazette, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Van Nuys News, The Times Recorder, www.Ancestry.com |
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