Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests
Miss Giftware of 1952
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 20, 2025 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Gifts, Presents, Tributes, and Other Honoraria, 1950s
Miss Uranium
During the 1950s and 1960s, a number of women were given the title of "Miss Uranium."I don't think there was one organization awarding the title. Instead, I think various local entrepreneurs held separate 'Miss Uranium' pageants. Or they didn't even bother with a pageant and just declared a model to be 'Miss Uranium'.
Toronto Star - June 11, 1968
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Aug 26, 1951
Toronto Star - Nov 4, 1953
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 13, 2025 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters
Tin Can Fashion Beauty Contest
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 05, 2025 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1940s
Can the beauty queen make a batter pudding?
1950: E.W. Wyer, a councillor in Hunstanton (Norfolk), proposed that beauty contests should focus on brains as well as beauty. He suggested:
London Daily Mirror - Oct 18, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 03, 2025 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Intelligence, Gender, 1950s
Miss Kansas Turnpike
I found two holders of the 'Miss Kansas Turnpike' title. The first was Theo Tautfest, who won the title in 1960. The second was Lois Rhodus, who held the title in 1961, while simultaneously being 'Miss Kansas City'.Some info about the Kansas Turnpike from Wikipedia:
Because it predates the Interstate Highway System, the road is not engineered to current Interstate Highway standards and notably lacks a regulation-width median. To reduce the risk of head-on collisions, the Kansas Turnpike now has a continuous, permanent Jersey barrier in the median over its entire length. On opening, there was no fixed speed limit on the highway; drivers were merely asked to keep to a "reasonable and proper" limit, although, shortly afterward, signs were erected in certain stretches indicating a maximum speed of 80 mph (130 km/h).
Clinton Daily Democrat - May 31, 1960
"Lois Rhodus, Miss Kansas Turnpike, poses in a convertible at the Kansas City Athletics American League ballpark in 1961." Source: Pageant, by Keith Lovegrove
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 27, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Highways, Roads, Streets and Traffic, Transportation, 1960s
The Citrus Queens
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 26, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Food, 1940s
Miss Intelligence
In 1968, 20-year-old Evelyn Jacoby was awarded the title of "Miss Intelligence." Or, more specifically, the "most intelligent German woman." A panel of 25 professors of psychology selected her.
Asbury Park Press - May 16, 1968
Culpeper Star-Exponent - May 10, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 18, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, 1960s, Brain
Miss Pharmacy
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 08, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Drugs, Twentieth Century
Miss Turkey Stuffin
Happy Thanksgiving!Actress Arlene Charles appeared as "Miss Turkey Stuffin" on the Steve Allen Show in November 1968. She claimed to represent the "Turkey Stuffing Board," which was actually an invention of the PR firm that set up her appearance on the show.
Source: Celebrity Stew by Leo Pearlstein
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 28, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Food, Thanksgiving
Miss Credit Union
The earliest 'Miss Credit Union' contest I could find was in 1948. The latest was in 2011. Though I suspect some are still going on, but maybe not calling attention to themselves.
Ottawa Journal - Oct 22, 1957
Hartford Courant - Oct 26, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 15, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Money
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