National Photo Company, Miss Ruth Malcomson (Miss America 1924) and her mother, Mrs. Augusta Malcomson, 30 January 1925.
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National Photo Company, Miss Ruth Malcomson (Miss America 1924) and her mother, Mrs. Augusta Malcomson, 30 January 1925.

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Miss Pennsylvania 1973 Tina Louise Thomas at the Hershey Hotel, Pennsylvania, 1 July 1973.

Miss Pennsylvania 1973 Tina Louise Thomas at the Hershey Hotel, Pennsylvania, 1 July 1973.

National Photo Company, First Miss America Margaret Gorman posing with her Greyhound, “Long Goodie”, 14 April 1925.
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National Photo Company, First Miss America Margaret Gorman posing with her Greyhound, “Long Goodie”, 14 April 1925.

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Herbert A. French, Miss Washington DC, Helen L. Sweeney, and Le Paradis orchestra at Wardman Park pool, 1924.
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Herbert A. French, Miss Washington DC, Helen L. Sweeney, and Le Paradis orchestra at Wardman Park pool, 1924.

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Margaret Gorman, first prize beauty, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1920s.
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Margaret Gorman, first prize beauty, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1920s.

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Miss Peru Gladys Zender (L) winner of Miss Universe Contest with former Miss Universe Carol Morris. Photograph by Leonard McCombe. San Francisco, California, July 1957.

Miss Peru Gladys Zender (L) winner of Miss Universe Contest with former Miss Universe Carol Morris. Photograph by Leonard McCombe. San Francisco, California, July 1957.

Photograph by Cornell Capa. El Paso, Texas, March 1948.

Photograph by Cornell Capa. El Paso, Texas, March 1948.