Contestants 5, 7, 9, Melanie Derr, and 17, Sandi Byrd stand on stage wearing swimsuits during the Miss Boating 1981 contest

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Contestants, 5, 7, 9, Melanie Derr, and 17, Sandi Byrd, stand on stage during the Miss Boating 1981 contest. Farthest to the left, contestant 5 wears a purple, one-piece, scoop-neck swimsuit, a gold chain necklace, and pumps. To her left, contestant 7 wears a one-piece strapless swimsuit with teal side-panels and floral center, and also a gold chain necklace. To her left, contestant 9, Melanie Derr, is caught with her eyes closed as she wears pink, white and purple square-necked swimsuit of which the stripes outline the neckline and the bodice is a raspberry color, a gold chain necklace, and a ring. Farthest to the right, contestant 17, Sandi Byrd, wears a red, one-piece, v-neck swimsuit with a bow over the left hip, earrings, and a wrist watch. They hold their contestant number cards mid-waist in their right hands. Silver lamé drapes are behind her. This photograph was taken at the Patricia Stevens studio.
No date; likely January 1981
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Located with Scrapbooks in Box 47, Folder 14 - 16.