Archive for the ‘Beauty Contestants’ Category
Beauty Contest at the Casino on Pensacola Beach …
The negative bag read something like ” JC Beauty Contest at the Casino ” and the date was 1950’s. The “JC” was the Junior Chamber, I believe. I do not know who the girls are or the guy giving the trophy, but he sure is interested in this young lady. Here is one more of the two …
I hope that his wife was not in the audience. The band was ” The Clarence Schenk Orchestra “. Here are the runners up …
I do not have any names for the young ladies, but the last one looks vaguely familiar to me. The last photo is of the three winners …
These are three cute girls or should I say ” ladies ” …. I do not want to come across as sexist or anything in this political correct society that we live in today. I wish that I had some photos of the outside of the Casino, but I have yet to run across any. If anyone happened to be at this beauty contest, let’s hear from you. I am curious who these beauty queens are. Thanks for looking and please check back …. Frank
Miss America 1951 …
Here are a few more photos of Yolande Betbeze from Mobile Alabama who was chosen as Miss America 1951. The link goes to the Miss America web site, but you might want to go to her Wikipedia site and read what they have say. I am not going to go into it here, but she was one of the most controversial winners that the Miss America had up until that point. Here are several of her from a parade … most likely a Fiesta Parade, but I am not real sure which parade it was. Here we go …
The middle photo was taken on the corner of Palafox and Garden Street because see the Masonic Lodge building in the background ( which is now Vinyl Music Hall ). As far as any of the people in the background, maybe you might see someone that you recognize and identify. That policeman sure pulled some tough duty escorting Miss Betbeze around … he must be the chief or the chief’s relative, I am sure that this would have been a prized job to have. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Beauty Contestants at The Casino on Pensacola Beach …
This photo of a group of beauty contestants was taken inside the ballroom of the old Casino on Pensacola Beach in the 1950’s. I can remember the Casino fairly well, but I have only run across one exterior photo. I do not know who any of these ladies are or what beauty contest it is … could be one sponsored by the Jaycees. I have run across several negative envelopes that have ” Jaycee Beauty Contestants ” written on them, but there are no names of the girls in the negatives. As usual, all comments are appreciated and thanks for looking …
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