词条 | Neva Jane Langley |
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|name = Neva Jane Langley |image = Hall Miller and Neva Jane Langley.gif |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_name = Neva Jane Langley | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1933|1|25}} |birth_place = Lakeland, Florida |death_date ={{nowrap|{{death date and age|2012|11|18|1933|1|25}}}} |death_place = Macon, Georgia |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = American |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = |education = Wesleyan College |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = Television celebrity |years_active = |home_town = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |title = Miss America 1953 |term = |predecessor =Colleen Kay Hutchins |successor = Evelyn Ay |spouse = {{marriage|William A. Fickling Jr.|1955|2012|reason=her death in}} |partner = |children = 4 |parents = |website = |footnotes = }} Neva Jane Langley Fickling (January 25, 1933 – November 18, 2012) was an American beauty pageant queen. BiographyLangley was born in Lakeland, Florida. As a college sophomore she transferred to Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. While attending that college she became Miss Macon, Miss Georgia, and then Miss America 1953.[1] Ms. Langley's first television appearance as Miss America was on What's My Line (September 14, 1952) as the mystery guest. She rode the grand prize most-beautiful float by a commercial firm, called "America The Beautiful", in the January 1, 1953 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.[2] During her reign as Miss America, she was hospitalized for one week with pneumonia.[3] She was also known for being the only Miss Georgia to win the Miss America pageant until Betty Cantrell was crowned Miss America 2016, sixty-three years later. Personal lifeLangley married insurance executive, William A. Fickling Jr., in 1955 and was the mother of four children (William, Jane, Julia and Roy).[3][4] On November 18, 2012, Langley died of cancer at the age of 79.[5] References1. ^{{cite news|title=Home Town Gives Miss America Noisy Welcome|last=Associated Press|date=1952-09-25|publisher=Sarasota Herald|page=7}} 2. ^{{cite news|title="Miss America" Rides In Rose Parade|last=Associated Press|date=1953-01-03|publisher=Sarasota Herald Tribune|page=1}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|first1=Michelle |last1=Tauber |first2=Mike |last2=Neill |first3=Lisa |last3=Russell |first4=Joanne|last4=Fowler |first5=Julie |last5=Dam |first6=Alex |last6=Tresniowski |first7=Samantha |last7=Miller |first8=Steve |last8=Dougherty |first9=Ting |last9=Yu |title= American Beauties: 80 Years |work= People |url=https://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/ |date=October 16, 2000}} 4. ^https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/macon-ga/neva-jane-fickling-5310583 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.41nbc.com/news/local-news/16441-georgia-s-only-miss-america-neva-fickling-passes-away-sunday |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130116010403/http://www.41nbc.com/news/local-news/16441-georgia-s-only-miss-america-neva-fickling-passes-away-sunday |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-01-16 |title=Georgia's Only "Miss America" Neva Fickling Passes Away Sunday |publisher=41 NBC |date= |accessdate=2012-11-19 }} External links
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