Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues
Mrs. America Contest of 1950
Source of first clip below: Florence Morning News (Florence, South Carolina) 21 Aug 1950, Mon Page 6
Source of main article below (also photo above): The Daily Record (Long Branch, New Jersey) 08 Sep 1950, Fri Page 7
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 20, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Domestic, 1950s
Advertising Club Beauty Contest
Miss Margaret Gorman presenting the wooden loving-cup to "Miss" Alexandria, winner of the Advertising Club's "beauty" contest, held at the Raleigh yesterday. In business life pretty "Miss" Alexandria is Sylvan Oppenheimer. "Miss Congress Heights," the young "lady" with the rolling pin, is Allan De Ford. The debonair "Miss" Georgetown is Sidney Selinger and the charming young lady with the raven locks, "Miss Four-and-a-Half Street," is none other than Paul Heller] [1921 September 21]
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 09, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Humor, Parody, Advertising, 1920s
Fruit Cake Queen of 1968
No further info available!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 17, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Food, 1960s
Miss Nude America 1969
Miss nude America: Mrs. Peter Boisclair; 22; poses for photographers at Toronto International Airport on her return home after winning Miss Nude America title at Naked City; Ind.; Saturday. In contest she wore shoes; hard hat.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah)03 Aug 1969, Sun Page 14
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 14, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Burlesque, Exotic Dancing, Stripping and Other Forms of Staged Nakedness, 1960s
The Seattle Seafair Queen
It's too bad that the raucous early years, with roving pirates, did not last into our era.
Article here.
More pictures of queens here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 02, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, 1950s
Smile
This film looks almost like a forerunner of famous mockumentaries such as Spinal Tap. It certainly fits into our theme of "odd beauty contests."Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 27, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Movies, 1970s, Satire
Queen Mermaids of the Flin Flon Trout Festival
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 15, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, Fish, 1960s
The Glamorous Women of the Spruance Rayon Plant
From DuPont's Better Living magazine (Sep/Oct 1949):These Virginia beauties have been photographed in a distinctive style, developed by leading U.S. lensmen to create an aura of glamour about their subjects. Such pictures have helped establish American women as the world's most glamorous...
They bespeak the beauty of Virginia women and qualify the Du Pont girls to rank with Hollywood's and Park Avenue's best as representatives of U.S. glamour.
I'm intrigued by their job titles. What in the world is a "slashing creel operator" or a "throwing operator"?
Some info about the Spruance Rayon Plant: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 12, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, 1940s
Manicure with gas masks
Even in the middle of a gas attack, nails still need to be manicured.
Honolulu Advertiser - Nov 13, 1938
Compare this to the gas mask for typists we posted about a few months ago. Also the gas-proof pram. And the London chorus girl with gas mask. It was all part of the effort to reassure the public, during the 1930s, that poison gas attacks wouldn't interrupt everyday life.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 07, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, War, 1930s
Beauty Knows No Pain
A species of Independence Day-style patriotism--I guess.
You will learn of this miraculous slogan around the 11-minute mark.
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 04, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, Sports, Sex Symbols, 1970s, Attractiveness, Sexiness, Allure and Personal Magnetism
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