Wednesday, July 22, 2015

South Florida beauty pageants in the 1930s and '40s


Vintage British Movietone newsreel of the 1941 Miss Florida beauty pageant held at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables on Feb. 23, 1941.



1941 Miss Florida pageant

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Newsreel of a lifeguard "beauty contest" at Miami Beach ... probably from the late 1930s.




Videos via British Movietone's YouTube channel.




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