Sue Day, Miss Fenwick 1969, posing in her sash, April 1, 1969. She won the title after a competition in the London store
sash
beauty contestants, November 26, 1923
contestants in the ‘Miss America’ pageant pose in a line, with their arms around each other, Atlantic City, NJ, 1927
Hairdressing Show, group, five models, November 4, 1926
Miss Coney Island says hello!
three finalists of Seashore Day, Elks National Convention Bathing Beauty Contest in Los Angeles, 1935
Mary Benoit, representing Sears Roebuck, took third place in the Miss East Side beauty contest. Held on August 15, 1929, the beauty contest was part of a picnic at Jantzen […]
Viola Dana represents New York in 1924′s The Beauty Prize
The Whistle Stop Tour, summer of 1933 – the seven MidWest contestants – from left: Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas, Arkansas, Idaho and Illinois – photo perhaps taken in July in […]
Lola Knutson, representing the Bagdad Theatre, smiling and posing with one hand on her hip as others look on in the background. She is wearing heels, a sash with the […]