During a break at a ceremony honoring wing commander Colonel Peyton Gibson, a morale building session for the436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing is held at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. The 436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing selects it's beauty queen who will compete nationwide for the Miss Air Force title. Planes in the background. 'U.S. Air Force Reserve' written on the building at the air field. The dog mascot of the Wing is seen. Female beauty queen contest participants model for the competition, dressed in bathing suits.
Annual Beauty Pageant in Washington D.C., United States. Contestants walk on ramp at the Annual Beauty Pageant organized by the National Press Photographers Association. 19 girls take part in the pageant. They pose on the stage. The winner being crowned.
A beauty pageant in Miami, Florida. The contestants of the Miss Florida beauty pageant walk in front of the judges. George Herman Ruth Jr (Babe Ruth), an American Major League baseball player, included in the judges. People gathered. George Herman Ruth, Jr. presents a trophy to the winner Norma Crim. Norma Crim stands with the other two winners.
Summer carnival in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A large crowd watches a float parade. The three finalist contestants of the Miss Carnival contest sit on a float. Float design features a cartoon mermaid. Carnival beauty queens wave and smile at people. A Japanese man in a clown costume. Papier-mâché giraffes and other animals are featured during the festival. A papier-mâché lion mascot carries a sign in Japanese. Japanese man wearing a fish-yokai mask leads a conga line of men in masks. A cartoon chicken paper mascot with a clock is featured in the Japanese festival. Large crowds of Japanese see the carnival.
The first Asian baby contest in Portland, Oregon. Chinese American mothers in Cheongsams sit with their children during the show in Chinatown. The children are dressed in various Chinese costumes and headdresses. Chinese infants chewing on candy. A Chinese baby drinks milk from a baby bottle. Prizes are awarded to the most beautiful child, the ugliest and the healthiest and to the finest pair of twins. A pair of Chinese toddlers stand beside a trophy. A mother holds a baby girl in costume and a small trophy.
Beauty pageants of 1956 and 1957. Contestants of Miss America 1957 pageant walk the ramp in Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, United States), Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miss America contestants in white ballgown dresses holding flags in the ramp. Marian McKnight of South Carolina is crowned Miss America. Miss America 1956 Sharon Ritchie puts a crown on Marian McKnight. Carol Morris of Iowa wins the Miss Universe contest in Long Beach, California.