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The criteria for judging included beauty, form, grace, and personal charm, while costumes and float decorations were not considered. [3] The judges were as follows: [8] J. Knowles Hare, an artist and painter. Harry Tuthill, a cartoonist, creator of The Bungle Family. Albert Ricker, an artist. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., a newspaper publisher from ...
The oldest pageant still in operation today is the Miss America pageant, which was organized in 1921 by a local businessman to entice tourists to Atlantic City, New Jersey. [22] The pageant hosted the winners of local newspaper beauty contests in the "Inter-City Beauty" Contest, attended by over one hundred thousand people.
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Texas titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
This Texas model maxed out credit cards at 30% interest on food orders and a beauty pageant — Caleb Hammer warned the 20-year-old about her ‘spend, spend, spend' mentality Moneywise July 7 ...
The Miss Texas USA pageant is June 21-22 at the Hilton Post Oak Hotel in Houston. It is a preliminary to Miss USA. In an email, Teijo said she wanted to relay a message that it is never too late ...
A 71-year-old from El Paso is making history this weekend as the oldest contestant in the Miss Texas USA pageant.. Marissa Teijo is slated to compete in the pageant in Houston. The winner will go ...
A child beauty pageant is a controversial [1] [2] [3] beauty contest featuring contestants under 18 years of age. Competition categories may include talent, interview, sportswear, casual wear, swimwear, western wear, theme wear, outfit of choice, decade wear, and evening wear.