Hillevi Rombin and her Performing Dogs

Hillevi Rombin (1933-1996) was crowned Miss Universe in 1955. Her talents included gymnastics, track & field, skiing, and sausage snake charming. She demonstrated the latter with her "performing dogs" for National Kraut and Frankfurter Week.

More info: wikipedia, cardcow.com

Rombin crowned Miss Universe

1955: with her performing dogs

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Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 05, 2017
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests | 1950s

Comments

That's too easy. She causes sausages to rise, becoming erect.

Posted by RobK on 07/05/17 at 02:02 PM

If she would go out to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, maybe it would get interesting.

Posted by Virtual on 07/05/17 at 09:27 PM

Quite the sausage fest, I see...

Posted by Brian on 07/05/17 at 11:00 PM

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