The First Ever Miss Universe Contest, 1952
It was the lovely Armi Kuusela from Finland who won the first ever Miss Universe contest in 1952*, with Miss
Obscure Beauty Contests from the Past
Boy have there been some strange beauty contests over the years! These photos include the contestants for ‘Miss Psywar’ (doesn’t
The 1920s International Pageant of Pulchritude & Annual Bathing Girl Review
Now there’s a title which just rolls off the tongue! Apparently ‘Pulchritude‘ is a really ungainly way of saying ‘beauty’
Gallery: Beauty Queens of the 1920s
Whatever your personal feelings about beauty pageants, they serve as a great reminder that fashion dictates what each generation considers
How to bend down in a bikini
Sarasota Sun-Debs from 1949 learning how to elegantly pick things up off the floor at Lido Beach, Florida. Which one of these two
Windswept 1960s beauty contestants
Beauty contestants at Tri-City Suncoast Festival: St. Petersburg, Florida 1962. Left to right: Tri-City Queen, Rita Mathies; former Tri-City Queen,
Vintage swimwear: 1940s bikinis
Some great 1940s bikinis modelled by the ‘Sarasota Sun-Debs’. The photo was taken at Lido Beach, Florida in January 1949.
3 vintage beauty queens from the 1920s
These 3 vintage beauties are the winners of a Beauty contest at the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables, Florida in
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