Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues
Miss Welder
Between 1951 and 1954, the National Eutectic Welders' Club annually awarded the title of "Miss Welder". The winner was supposed to represent the "girl we would most like to weld with." The club also expressed its hope that Miss Welder would "inspire women throughout the nation to join the ranks of the labor force so vitally needed for America's defense effort."The winners included some well-known names. In particular, Sophia Loren (1954). Missing from the list below is Miss Welder of 1953, Barbara Nichols, for whom I couldn't find an image.
1951: Dagmar
1952: Denise Darcel
1954: Sophia Loren
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 12, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1950s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 32
"Actress Germaine Dulac (1882-1942) as a worm at the Folies Bergere in Paris, France, photograph by Walery from The Tatler, No 1408, June 20, 1928, London."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 04, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Costumes and Masks, 1920s
The Art of Yinka Shonibare
The artist's homepage, with many more photos.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 24, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Pop Art, Surrealism, Statues and Monuments, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, United Kingdom
Perfect Posture Girl
The Wikipedia page for Alexis Smith
San Francisco Examiner - Dec 20, 1942
Birmingham News - May 11, 1942
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 16, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1940s
Beauty Pillow
Patent No. 2,533,526 was granted to Yvonne Bersia Snyder of Forest Hills, NY for a "Beauty Pillow":During sleep the tissues of the face are usually crushed or folded in the same position for hours at a time. For example, the flesh of the cheeks or face when flattened against the pillow during the sleeping hours pushes the skin forwards and settles in the hollows of the eyes where it produces wrinkles.
It is an object of this invention to prevent wrinkles or damaging of the skin tissues during rest.
Looks like it could also double as headgear for full-contact sports.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 15, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, Patents, Sleep and Dreams, 1950s
Miss Nebraska Stockgrower
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 20, 2020 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Food, Regionalism, 1960s, 1970s
Wrinkle Mask
Adelaide Smith was granted a patent for this "wrinkle mask" in 1911. It has a certain Bride of Frankenstein look to it.
My invention dispenses with the usual work in massaging, employed for removing the wrinkles or blemishes from the face, and can be used at any time more particularly, however, at nights while the patient is sleeping.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 18, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, Patents, 1910s
The Snow Beauty of Yakutia
Part of our series on odd beauty contests.The first (?) contest was apparently held in 2017.
Read about it here.
What appears to be the home page has lots of pix and even videos of the 2018 contest. But I cannot find reference to competitions for 2019 or 2020.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 06, 2020 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Nature, Natural Resources, Russia
Miss Ice Centennial
Source of photo.
Source of photo.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 21, 2020 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1950s
The Great Beauty Contest of Life
"Whatever you do—wherever you go—you are in a Beauty Contest."
Kansas City Times - Mar 12, 1932
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 16, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1930s
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