Miss Color TV

Apparently the contest continued beyond 1956 (first and second images), because the advertisement that follows is from 1959.

Ann Daly (No. 25) screams as she is declared "Miss Color-TV" in beauty contest at Palisades Amusement Park, N.J.; other contestants stand alongside her.

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 08, 2023
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests | Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues | Television | 1950s

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For a "Miss Color TV", the pictures are a bit too much in black and white...

Posted by Richard Bos on 02/11/23 at 10:57 AM

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