Contestants 41 through 50 during the K.C. Boat, Sports & Travel Show

Description

Contestants 41 through 50 stand on stage wearing one-piece swimsuits during the K.C. Boat, Sports & Travel Show, held in the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. A flag of the United States of America is on the back of the stage to the contestants' right sides. Contestant 41 stands farthest to the right wearing a white crocheted swimsuit with a pink ribbon woven through the crochet to create a belt tied in a bow. She wears white pumps and holds her contestant card in her right hand down by her right hip. To her left is contestant 42 in a swimsuit that is harvest gold on the top. There is red piping around the neckline and at the dropped-waist belt line. The bottom has tiny black horizontal stripes across the harvest gold. She wears brown sandals and holds her contestant card in her right hand at the middle of her body. To her left is an African American contestant number 43 that wears a shiny black swimsuit and black shoes. She holds her contestant card in her left hand down by her left hip. To her left is contestant 44 wearing a aqua swimsuit and white pumps. She holds her contestant card in her left hand down by her left hip. There is a microphone in front of her setting on the floor in front of the stage. To her left is contestant 45 who is wearing a shiny gold swimsuit and brown pumps. She holds her contestant card in her left hand down by her left hip. To her left is contestant 46 who wears a white swimsuit, white shoes with red shoestrings, and holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left side. To her left is contestant 47 who wears a swimsuit with a dropped-waist mock belt held with a red-ring and white pumps. She holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left hip. To her left is contestant 48 wears a white swimsuit and white pumps. She holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left hip. To her left is contestant 49 whose card is mostly obscured by contestant 48. She wears a brown print swimsuit that laces up the middle of the bodice, and black pumps. To her left is contestant 50 who wears a purple swimsuit and white pumps. She holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left hip.
January 28 - February 6, 1972
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Located with Scrapbooks in Box 48, Folder 5 - 6