Linda Bement

Raised in Sugar House, a neighborhood in Salt Lake City, she was an avid skier and graduated from Highland High School. In 1960, Bement was crowned Miss Utah, Miss USA, and Miss Universe. She taught future beauty contestants modeling and the essentials to succeed. In 1962 she married the Panamanian-born future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racing jockey, Manuel Ycaza, with whom she had a son, Manuel Ycaza III, and a daughter, Carla.