JR Hirschfield of Detroit choosing models for American Styles Creation Contest – August 30, 1927
contestants
the eleven finalists for the great beauty parade just held at Madrid, to choose the Queen of Beauty for the forthcoming carnival in the city – July 15, 1929
Fifth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eleventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, August 2-6, 1930
chicagohistorymuseum: Women wearing bathing suits and sashes standing on railroad tracks in front of a train caboose c. 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo from the Chicago Daily News
contestants Miss Atlantic City, Miss Philadelphia, and Miss Washington, at the first Miss America Pageant, 1921
as part of the California Valencia Orange Show, Miss Anaheim contestants dive into 3 tons of oranges in City Park Pool (now known as Charles A Pearson Park) on April 23, […]
Dr Charles E Wood standing between two contestants in the National Chiropractic Association’s perfect back contest in Los Angeles, California, August 4th, 1927 these babies got back!!
beauty contestants, Wanganui, New Zealand, 1926
TIME TO WAKE UP FROM YOUR DISCO DANCE MARATHON NAP!!!
4-H contestants in the health pageant at North Carolina State in Raleigh, 1932