beauty queen

She fought the pressure of waning celebrity, but it was not easy to be a 40-something beauty queen in Hollywood.

On paper, the unsettling drama explored the murky goings-on in the US logging town following the murder of teenage beauty queen Laura Palmer, hauntingly brought to life by Sheryl Lee.

Bryant, who died of cancer last month at the age of 84, first became known as a beauty queen—Miss Oklahoma, and then the second runner-up for Miss America 1959—and a pop singer, crooning the Top 10 hits “Paper Roses” and “In My Little Corner of the World.”

In high school, because she wasn’t considered a “beauty queen,” she was often saddled with the roles of older women, whom she eventually grew to love.

His wife of 20 years, Samira, is a former beauty queen who is widely admired for her chic outfits.