21 Historical Photos Of 1952 Beauty Pageants To Pique Your Interest
Kenneth Coo
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04/24/2018
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In 1952 the First Ever Miss USA Pageant and Miss Universe Pageant Were Held at the Same Time in Long Beach, California, US. Life Magazine Caught Some Pretty Cool Pictures of the Ladies Prior to the Pageants.
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Both pageants were founded after winner of Miss America refused to pose for publicity pictures while wearing a swimsuit in 1950. This made pageant sponsor Catalina to pull their sponsorship and create their own competition. They then 1 upped it and made the Miss Universe too. -
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The winner of the Miss Universe pageant, Miss Finland, Armi Helena Kuusela. -
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Miss Hong Kong, Judy Dan. -
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Miss India, Indrani Rahman. -
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Miss Philippines really likes to glare at her competition. -
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Maggie Gyllenhaal? Probably not! -
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Beauty pageants drastically changed over the years to remove themselves from primarily beauty standards to more of a scholarship program (in the US for example) and also more focused on the contestants talents and intelligence. Hope you liked it.
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Both pageants were founded after winner of Miss America refused to pose for publicity pictures while wearing a swimsuit in 1950. This made pageant sponsor Catalina to pull their sponsorship and create their own competition. They then 1 upped it and made the Miss Universe too.
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