Lynda Lee Mead
American beauty pageant contestant
About Lynda Lee Mead
Born 1939. Lynda Lee Mead is an American model, beauty pageant contestant and businessperson.
Lynda Lee Shea (née Mead; born April 17, 1939) is an American businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Mississippi 1959 and Miss America 1960. Shea attended Natchez High School and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega.
Family Mead married Dr. John J. Shea Jr. in 1964; they have three adult children. Dr. Shea died in 2015.
Business life Shea is president of Shea Design & French Country Imports in Memphis, Tennessee.
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American beauty pageant contestant
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Lynda Lee Mead was born on 17 April 1939 in Natchez.
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Lynda Lee Mead is a model, beauty pageant contestant and businessperson.
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