Being Miss USA is a lot like being a stewardess: It used to be a lot more glamorous. Still, back in 1972 a farm-fresh Nebraska blonde like Lindsay Bloom could parlay her Miss USA crown, along with her pageant-winning face, showgirl rack, and sense of adventure, into a shot at bright-light stardom. Lindsay leapt from the swimsuit competition to The Dean Martin Show, where she enlivened the variety series as one of Dean's darling decolletage-baring Ding-a-Ling Sisters. From this humble beginning, Bloom blossomed into a full-on B-level actress, which landed her roles on Dallas and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. The beauty queen's most indelible mark was left upon the breast epics Cover Girl Models (1975) and H.O.T.S. (1979). With entertainment success stories like Miss USA Lindsay's, everyone comes out a winner.