Lodi Grape Festival Queen

Here is the first holder of the honor.



Read article here.

The festival continues to this day, but I find no reference to a queen.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 12, 2019 - Comments (5)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Food, Regionalism, 1930s, Alcohol

Cabaret Girl

Very educational if you wish to open your own club.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 11, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Entertainment, Fashion, 1950s, United Kingdom

Wisconsin Queens

A bevy of contest winners from Wisconsin, including "Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification."

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 05, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, 1950s, 1960s

The Hero Thrill Show Queens

"Hero Scholarship Thrill Show Queen competitors [1969] Carolyn McNish and JoAnne Bream are crowned by Police Captain Philip Baumgardner, Fairmount Park Lt. Joseph Salamone and Deputy Fire Chief Frank Bowen."



"Northeast Regional finalists for Thrill Show queen [1974] are Denise Needham, nominated by the police department, and Sandra Hartman nominated by the fire department. Standing are John Craig, chief police inspector, and Martin Preite, deputy fire chief."

What is the "Hero Thrill Show?" Their Wikipedia page has the answer.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 31, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Law, Regionalism, 1960s, 1970s

Miss Cinderemmy

Apparently the Emmy Awards once featured a beauty queen. The 1956 contenders first below, then the 1957 queen.

December 31, 1957. Lovely Rochelle Greenblatt, 21 year old receptionist at McCadden Studios, Hollywood, was chosen 'Miss Cinderemmy' tonight (Dec. 31) and presented at midnight to the entire television industry at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences New Year's Eve Ball staged at Beverly Hilton. She was crowned as queen of the ball by actor Ronnie Burns, son of comedy star, George Burns, who coincidentally owns and operates McCadden Studios.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 25, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Television, 1950s

1968 Seatbelt PSA

Nice to see that despite being horribly scarred for life, she has maintained her mascara, eyeliner and lashes.

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 22, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Accidents, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Motor Vehicles, PSA’s, 1960s, Face and Facial Expressions

The Lobster Waitresses of Hackney’s

Short entertaining history of Hackney's here.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 09, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Culture and Civilization, Food, Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Regionalism, Twentieth Century

Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 20

It seems many of the public sided with Khrushchev's tastes for old-fashioned stuff in this case.



Source for article.

More pix at this link.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 20, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Art, Avant Garde, Pop Art, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #412

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 13, 2019 - Comments (4)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Skin and Skin Conditions

Swat the Jinx Girl

Continuing our series of "Strange Beauty Queens."

"Rose Cade, who has also been nominated Southern California's 'Swat the Jinx' girl, dressed in model of large lemon pointing to calendar dated Friday, February 13, 1920."



Original photo here.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 28, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Superstition, 1920s