Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues
Alice in Dairyland
I can see having a beauty queen to represent the dairy region. But what's the Lewis Carroll connection? The website is not forthcoming. Does she have surreal adventures or not?
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Home page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 18, 2018 -
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Category: Agriculture, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Food, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Arcadia Broiler Dairy Days
This festival, in its 65th year, elects a Queen.Here are some contenders from 1975.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 10, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Regionalism, 1970s
Skipperette of the Fishermen’s Fiesta
The skipperette and her two mates will reign over Los Angeles Harbor fishermens fiesta during Oct. 1 & 2. L.R.: Mate Doris Spanje; Skipperette Amelia Nizetich and mate Deana Trutanich.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 03, 2018 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, 1950s
Queen of Long Beach
Queen Nannette Crawford -- 20 -- of 4917 Livingston Drive, Long Beach presiding at Long Beach Community Fair. Model Lois Sullivan, 20, of 3811 West 54th Street, Los Angeles, shows Queen the bathing suit which is one of Queen's prizes.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 29, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fashion, Regionalism, 1950s
VA Hospital Carnival Queen
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 22, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Hospitals, 1950s
Miss Interplanetary Space Queen of 1997
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 18, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1950s, 1990s, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Debutante Soapbox Racing
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 16, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, 1950s, Women
Miss Boxing 1958
"Shirley Price, Miss Boxing 1958"
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 05, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Martial Arts, 1950s
In the Round Four-Cornered Forest
Pure nightmare fuel for any unsuspecting child.
"The habitants of the Round Four Cornered Forest are a happy bunch of nice, accepting, loving companions: Micker-Macker, Pretty Kitty, Seraphin Horse, Lajos Monster, Aromo, Great Zoard, Sigfrid Bruckner, Elek Mouse, and Dömdödöm."
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 02, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Cartoons, Europe, Twenty-first Century, Fictional Monsters
Miss Garter Throw of 1958
I can't find much on this beauty contest, nor any indication it was more than a one-time thing in 1958.
Source of foto.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 27, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, 1950s, Legs
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