runners up gather around the queen during the K.C. Boat, Sports & Travel Show

Description

Miss Boat Show beauty queen, contestant 47, closes her eyes, pushes her hair behind her left ear with her left hand, and grins as the other finalists surround her during K.C. Boat, Sports & Travel Show, held in the Little Theater of the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. She wears a one-piece navy blue swimsuit and white pumps. To her left, contestant 65, Pam White, wears an olive green one-piece swimsuit with a white and mustard green "V" inset at the waist and white pumps and reaches out her left arm to hold the right hand of the queen. To her left, contestant 68, Susan Morris, stands wearing a red one-piece swimsuit and white pumps. To her left, contestant 41 wears a white one-piece swimsuit and white pumps. She holds her contestant card in her right hand by her right thigh. To her left, contestant 32 turns to her right and grins at the queen as she wears a one-piece swimsuit that is golden yellow from the neck to the drop waist waistline. A red stripe runs around the waistline with two gold buttons about 4 inches apart. The bottom of the swimsuit are tiny horizontal black and yellow stripes. She wears brown sandals and holds her contestant card in her left hand in the center of her body at an angle.
January 9, 1970
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Located with Scrapbooks in Box 48, Folder 5 - 6