A young Dorothy Dandridge with a group of beauty queens in the 1940s. Photo: Clyde Woods.
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Contestants parading for judges for the costume prize during the Urban League Ball. Photograph by Yale Joel. New York City, February 1949.
Contestants parading for judges for the costume prize during the Urban League Ball. Photograph by Yale Joel. New York City, February 1949.
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Howard University Queen contestants, 1947. Photo via Flickr.
I was just asked if there were ever any black pin-ups. Um, yes… Meet Lillian Jones, an “18-year-old Brooklyn school girl” who had hoped to be declared a “work of art” at the “Miss Sepia Cover Girl” contest in May 1954. I wonder if she won the $1,000 first prize…
Janelle Commissiong, Miss Universe 1977, in a 1978 advertisement for Esoterica.
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Vintage Black Beauty Queens, 1950s.
That is my guess based on the heels and swimsuits that is… :)
