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Virginia Caroline Rappe (/ r ə ˈ p eɪ /; July 7, 1891 – September 9, 1921) [2] was an American model and silent film actress. Working mostly in bit parts, Rappe died after attending a party with actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who was accused of manslaughter and rape in connection with her death, though he was ultimately acquitted of both charges.
Pack participated in the Miss California USA pageant as "Miss Hoag Hospital", [7] where she was interning while attending University of California, Irvine.Despite never having participated in any previous beauty pageants, Pack won the title and was crowned by outgoing titleholder (and Miss Teen USA 2006) Katie Blair. [5]
Laura Elena Zúñiga Huizar (born 3 January 1985), is a Mexican model and former beauty queen, who in December 2008 became a central figure in an international drug trafficking scandal. The critically acclaimed 2011 film Miss Bala (Miss Bullet) is loosely based on Zúñiga and her involvement in the events of December 2008.
Mary Leona Gage (April 8, 1939 – October 5, 2010) was an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1957, the first from Maryland to capture the Miss USA crown. She was stripped of her title when it was revealed that she was 18, married, and the mother of two children.
Jennifer Pham (born on 3 July 1985, real name in Vietnamese: Phạm Vũ Phượng Hoàng) achieved fame by winning many beauty pageant titles. She was crowned Miss Vietnam USA runner-up 2004, Vietnamese American Top Model 2005, Miss Vietnam Southern California 2006 and Miss Asia USA 2006.
Paulette Cooper (born July 26, 1942) is an American author and journalist whose writing against the Church of Scientology resulted in harassment from Scientologists. An early critic of the church, she published The Scandal of Scientology in 1971.
Nicole Michele Johnson Phelps [1] (born July 12, 1985) [2] is an American beauty queen who was Miss California USA 2010 and competed in the Miss USA pageant. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Early life and education
Kirk Anderson, a young missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, went missing on 14 September 1977, in Ewell, Surrey, England.He was allegedly abducted from the steps of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Keith May, aged 24, who had posed as an investigator into Mormonism, using a fake handgun and chloroform. [7]