Mary Leona Gage Lost Crown

Mary Leona Gage won Miss USA 1957, becoming the first woman from Maryland to claim the crown. Just one day later, she admitted that she was actually 18 rather than 21, was married, and had two young sons. Since being a wife and mother violated the contest rules, Gage was stripped of her title, and her crown and prizes went to runner-up Charlotte Sheffield.

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