SEPTEMBER 7

On this date in 1921, the first Miss America Pageant began.   It was a two-day event held in Atlantic City. The next day, Margaret Gorman, age 16, was crowned the Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America.

Some interesting things.  *Mary Katherine Campbell of Ohio won two years in a row and came in first runner-up the following year (1924).  After that they changed the rules so that you could win only once. *The event was first televised in 1955.  *Vanessa Williams, the first black winner, resigned the following July when nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse Magazine.  Tsk! Tsk!

The most famous winners (that I know) are:  Mary Ann Mobley an actress in Different Strokes (1958) Phyllis George a sportscaster (1971), Vanessa Williams a singer/actress (1984) and Gretchen Carlson of FOX News (1988).

It surprises me that this silliness still goes on.
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Today is Labor Day in the USA.  Travel safely - enjoy the time off work - thank God you have a job; I wish I had one.

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