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The first contestant was a tall blonde from Oregon with a willowy Grace Kelly look. When she rose from the piano after playing Brahms's Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, the ovation was led by the usherettes at the rear of the hall: only three years ago. Pianist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fanfare for Piano | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

Prelate Byrne's threatened denial of the sacraments of communion and confession to a Miss Universe contestant and her Catholic mother [July 20] is just another very good reason for being an American Protestant.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 3, 1959 | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

The signed author of these lines is neither a theologian nor a churchman, but 21-year-old Brunette Sue Ingersoll, a hairdresser and New Mexico's Miss Universe entrant, who defied her archbishop by insisting that she would take part in the contest despite his ban (TIME, July 20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sue & the Charisma | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

Mrs. Hill was not the only fixed winner in the Journal contest. Another was Robert Alvich, 53, a hotel desk clerk. A chronic puzzle contestant. Alvich bit on an anonymous telephone caller's proposal to make him a cinch winner. Following orders, Alvich phoned Detroit, where another anonymous voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fix Is the Word | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

"It's is not that Barnard Hall girls don't like to dress well, it's just that they like to be well-dressed without the competitive spirit entering into it," according to Barnard's contestant, Jane St. Leger '60.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Exhibits 'Best-Dressed Girl' | 2/25/1959 | See Source »

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