She captured her first crown in 1949 when she won Mobile 's " Miss Torch " pageant . In 1950 , Fox ( then Betbeze ) entered Miss Alabama for the scholarship opportunities the pageant presented . As Miss Alabama , she traveled to Atlantic City , New Jersey , to compete in the Miss America 1951 pageant . Having been educated in a convent school , she was reluctant to pose in a swimsuit and refused to do so after she won Miss America . That led the swimsuit company , Catalina , to withdraw their sponsorship of the Miss America pageant and eventually brought about the creation of the rival Miss USA pageant
Miss America 1951
Miss America 1951
Yolande Fox