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Flashback 1960: The Miss Fat and Beautiful Contest
"The plump lass has just the same yearning to be glamorous as her skinny sister," intones the narrator of the 1960 Miss Fat and Beautiful contest, which was open to "comfortable women, with the sort of statistics those old Dutch painters would have loved." Fabulous. Although … [Read more...]
Flashback 1950: The Mr Apollo Contest
In this British Pathe newsreel, men "oozing health and strength" parade before a judging panel that includes Miss Holiday Bathing Girl 1949 Sylvia Wren and popular wrestler Jack Doyle for the title of Britain's Most Gorgeous Man. "Never was beauty among the beasts so figuratively … [Read more...]
