Linda vaughn miss hurst shifter biography

By Jennifer Revson

Decades before we met, I'd only seen Linda at the races from afar. The impression I got was of someone so over-the-top that, in a million years, we'd never have anything in common. Just imagining the two of us standing next to each other would be like comparing the cover of Playboy with Vogue. Which only goes to prove one should never judge a book by its cover.

I went to my first MSHFA event in 1996 when my brother Peter was posthumously inducted. Months beforehand I was already feeling anxious about the whole thing, not knowing anyone there and having to get up to make a speech. "Shoot me now" went from a joke to a prayer.

Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins was also inducted that year. Talk about opposites. But not really. We became fast friends. He even helped me with my speech. And it was while he was escorting me back from the ladies' room to our table at the induction dinner, we ran into his presenter, Linda.

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