Miss U.S. Television
The Miss America pageant has been conducted since 1921, but it's only been televised since 1954. Before then, it briefly had competition when the Miss U.S. Television contest, conducted by the DuMont Television Network, aired in 1950. Watch the full pageant at the internet archive, or a version edited for length below. It has a strange opening segment in which the contestants introduce themselves, framed by a fake TV set. Then they go on to their talent performances, some of which were truly awful. The winner was a young Edie Adams.
According to wikipedia, the Miss U.S. Television contest only took place once, but there must have been subsequent pageants that used the same title, since once can find women being crowned Miss U.S. Television in later years, such as Phyllis Maygers (below), who won the title in 1952.
According to wikipedia, the Miss U.S. Television contest only took place once, but there must have been subsequent pageants that used the same title, since once can find women being crowned Miss U.S. Television in later years, such as Phyllis Maygers (below), who won the title in 1952.
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Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/28/12 at 10:40 AM
I'd like to have tapped Ms. Louisiana on the shoulder if I'd've been over 6yo. :lecherousgrin:
Maybe it's just my old brain cells misfiring but I thought women were more substantial back then, more along the lines of Mrs. J. Rabbit or her reincarnation into Ms. C. Hendricks.
Maybe it's just my old brain cells misfiring but I thought women were more substantial back then, more along the lines of Mrs. J. Rabbit or her reincarnation into Ms. C. Hendricks.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/28/12 at 11:01 AM
Just for you Expat as I know you like Volkswagen's 😕
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Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 10/28/12 at 12:49 PM
I remember reading that female singers found out the hard way that it was dangerous to wear metal necklaces and pendants under the hot lights that early TV cameras required. I wonder if some of the contestants here got 'branded.'
Posted by Phred22 on 10/28/12 at 02:24 PM
Speaking of being branded, I hope that VW's engine had plenty of time to cool off!
Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 10/28/12 at 06:28 PM
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests | Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues | Television | 1950s