winner is surprised during the K.C. Boat, Sports and Travel Show

Description

Contestant 36, standing in the center of five beauty contestants who stand in front of a Snark sailboat and a water ski, looks surprised by making her eyes big and holding her mouth wide open, as the master of ceremonies, with his back to the photographer, walks toward the group with a bouquet of roses in his left hand during the K.C. Boat, Sports & Travel Show, held in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a blue jacket and gray pants. All of the contestants wear one-piece swimsuits and stand with the toe of their right shoe just behind the heel of their left foot and face to their right. All of the contestants also wear white pump shoes except Contestant 36 in the center. Contestant 27, farthest to the left in the photograph, wears a white swimsuit as she holds her contestant card in her left hand down by her left thigh. Contestant number 35 to the left of Contestant 27, wears a black, white, and tan swimsuit that zips up the front and holds her contestant number card in her right hand down by her right hip. The water ski leans against the wall between contestants 27 and 35. Contestant 36, in the center, wears a black swimsuit with dark sheer hosiery and black sandals as she holds her contestant card in her left hand by her left hip. Contestant 38, second from the right, wears a white swimsuit that buttons up the front as she holds her contestant card in her left hand down by her left hip. Contestant 38's and Contestant 40's faces are obscured by the bouquet of flowers. Contestant 40, farthest to the right, wears a black swimsuit as she holds her contestant card in her left hand down by her left hip.
January 26 - February 4, 1973
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Located with Scrapbooks in Box 48, Folder 5 - 6