A great pastime at Beauty School is to leisurely peruse old pageant programmes. This weekend we unearthed the programme book for the 1963 Miss International Pageant with the lovely Stanny Van Baer of Holland on the cover after winning Miss International in 1962. We were particularly tickled by the full page instructions on how to judge the contestans. Excerpts follow: "Evening Gown, special attention should be to given to each contestant for the beauty and contour of her face, her ankles !!!, her feet !!!, the lines of her shoulders and ...her personality." "Play Suits, is primarily for beauty of figure, form proportion, the fine balance of feminine loveliness, along with poise, grace and personality." And finally "Speech, take into consideration the contestants charm, her personality,her poise, but chiefly her method of speaking, her style of delivery and above all, the intelligence of her remarkes." Given these criteria it's a wonder anyone could have won. You got to love it.
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