Contestants 9, 10, 14, 15 and the Emcee during the K.C. Boat, Sports & Travel Show

Description

Miss Boating 1976 contestants 9, 10 (Tina Marrs), 14, 15 and the emcee stand together during the K.C. Boat, Travel and Sports Show which was held in the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. Contestant 9 is farthest to the left. She smiles at the photographer with her head turned to the right as she wears a one piece swimsuit that is aqua on the top, teal on the bottom, and has black around the waist and down her back. She holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left thigh. To her left, contestant 10 (Tina Marrs) looks seriously straight ahead and holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left thigh. She wears a one-piece swimsuit of orange, red, pink and purple panels that run diagonally to form a "V" in the center her body. She wears taupe shoes. To her left, contestant 14 smiles big as she wears a brown one-piece swimsuit with diamonds in the weave of the cloth and multiple shoulder straps that are gathered to form a triangle on each shoulder. She wears taupe sandals with heels. She holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left thigh. To her left, contestant 15 wears a green and blue swirl pattern one-piece swimsuit and black sandals with heels. She holds her contestant card in both of hands low by center of her body. To her left, an unidentified man who is possibly the emcee, stands with his back to the wall wearing a burnt orange and black sports jacket, burnt orange pants, and a red shirt. The bottom of a poster with the dates of the boat show on the bottom are visible above his head.
January 30-February 8, 1976
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Located with Scrapbooks in Box 48, Folder 5 - 6; Tina Marrs (Svoboda) in personal communication (4/14/20 w/GLT) states this contest took place in 1973.