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ISBN: 978-1-387-71908-2
Linné Ahlstrand
Randy Allen
Charlotte Alpert
Carol Anders
Bette Arlen
Sylvia Baraff
Jean Bartel
Virginia Bates
Mary Ellen Batten
Lysa Baugher
Eleanor Bender
Eve Bernhardt
Irene Bolton
Jolene Brand
Barbara Brent
Wesley Brent
Kay Brown
Marilyn Burtis
Carol Byron
Gwen Caldwell
Laverne Capodice
Laurie Carroll
Sue Casey
Katherine Cassidy
Pat Channing
Helen Chapman
Lorinne Crawford
Lorraine Crawford
Linda Danson
Roxann Delman
Millicent Deming
Sandra Jo Drummond
Pat Emery
Jeanne Ferguson
Phyllis Forbes
Chris Fortune
Doris Gildart
Margie Graner
Pat Hall
Lori Hilton
Jan Hollar
Judith Jacobson
Pamela Grayson
Ellie Kent
Shirley Kilpatrick
Frances King
Honey King
Joy Langstaff
Patti Lawler
Elizabeth Lee
Meredith Leeds
Elizabeth Logue
June Lundi
Renee Marshall
Lola Mason
Sally McCloskey
Honey Merrill
Dede Moore
Gloria Moore
Taffy O'Neil
Sheila Noonan
Betty Onge
Jacquelyn Park
Allyn Parsons
Donna Percy
Kathy Raymond
Maxine Reeves
Grayce Reilly
Mary Rodman
Lois Schaumburg
Betty Scott
Hazel Shaw
Zanne Shaw
Pat Sheehan
Dori Simmons
Marylin Simms
Pat Sinclair
Elizabeth Smith
Dee Gee Sparks
Maureen Stephenson
Annabelle Thiele
Beverly Thomas
Patti Throop
Paula Vernay
Wendy Waldron
Lynn Wallad
Judy Walsh
Scott Weldon
Nancy Westbrook
Sandra Wirth
Carol Wynn
"Dedicated to the actresses and models who immortalized pageantry"
Pageantry is a commemoration of the various -and often obscure- actresses and models of the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. They competed in pageants, posed for photographers, and appeared in magazines and movies. In addition to profiling the various models, there's a lot of interesting facts about the outlandish and less mainstream pageants of that era. "Miss California", "Miss Cheese", "The Strawberry Queen", and "Miss Letter Carrier" were some of the pageants used to promote products, functions, and causes. The winners were academics, fashionistas, dancers, farmers, housewives, and athletes. They were blondes, brunettes and redheads.
I've wanted to write something about this forgotten industry for months. These women were very popular in their heyday, but faded into obscurity shortly afterwards. They deserve to be remembered in some capacity. Some of them (Millicent Deming, Mary Morlas, and Helen Funai) were more than willing to be interviewed about their modeling days, while others were reclusive and didn't wanna think about it. The children were ecstatic about this as well, with some of them not even knowing that that their mothers did modeling. I hope that everyone featured in Pageantry feels honored and appreciated.
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