Contenders participate in Miss America pageant at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Girls parade. Contenders dressed like peacocks sit on a float. A contender dressed like a butterfly holding a harness stands on a float. The contestants wave from the floats. Girls stand on the floats. The audience sit at a roadside and watch. An insignia of the United States on a float. The girls stand near it. Contenders in swimsuits stand and pose.
Girls in swimming costumes vying for the title of Queen of the New York Press Photographers. Girls walk on the ramp in front of judges. Spectators watch them. Judges watch them to choose the winner. The winner stands with the award. Photographers take her photographs.
Miss Modern Venus peagant undergoes at Steeplechase park. Glamorous models parade in swimsuits. First shots of girls filmed in distortion mirrors. Girls parade round ramp built on pool. Cameraman pulls on dolly along line. Girls are measured and judges mark them. Winner Anne Gervis of Brooklyn poses with cup for camera. July 1941.
A cow beauty wins honors as Miss Bovine America in Sabetha. A highly unusual beauty contest finds rouged and powdered bovines competing for prizes. A crowd surrounds lined up bovines competing for the contest. Women polish hooves of bovine. With polish on her hooves and a curl in her tail, Princess Berylwood Pearl walks off with the honors of the contest.
Beauties compete for title of 'Miss California' in Venice, California. Beauties walk on ramp. A large crowd of spectators gathers for beauty contest. Panel of judges give remarks. Men take photographs. Janet Mantell wins the title and receives trophy. She poses with trophy.
Baby Contest for the babies who have fathers serving in the Military of the United States. The babies in the baby beauty contest ride together on a small merry go round carousel. Several babies can be seen crying. One baby is poking at the face of another baby who is upset and crying.