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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.
Oct 12, 2010 · Leona Gage, who in 1957 was named Miss USA but had the title taken from her when pageant officials learned she was married and a mother of two, has died. She was 71. Gage died of heart...
Oct 11, 2010 · LOS ANGELES (AP) Leona Gage, who in 1957 was named Miss USA but lost the title the next day when pageant officials learned she was married and had two children, died here Tuesday. She was 71....
Nov 6, 2010 · Mary Leona Gage born Longview, Texas 8 April 1939; married four times (four sons, and one son deceased, and one daughter deceased); died Hollywood 5 October 2010.
Oct 22, 2010 · Gage was the only Marylander ever selected as Miss USA, but lost the title after a pageant scandal in 1957. She had a turbulent life of marriages, children, drugs, and illness until her death in 2010.
Apr 10, 2005 · The story of Mary Leona Gage, the only Marylander to win the Miss USA title in 1957, but who faced a series of scandals, divorces, drug problems and health issues. Read how she went from a teenage mother to a strip club singer to a celibate Jew.
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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.
