Actress Shirley Olivia Mills was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1926 and moved to southern California as a child.
The curvy 20-year-old was the first black woman to win the popular beauty pageant in which more than 17 million Brazilians vote for their country's sexiest backside.
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He approached her and asked if she would like to celebrate his birthday with him at some secluded night spot.
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She took her mother's maiden name, Poésy, as her stage name.