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1949 National Bathing Beauty Contest of 1949
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1:38Now PlayingDate: 5th September 1949
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Finding the Bathing Beauty of the Year
ENGLAND: Morecambe: Lancashire:
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ENGLAND: New Brighton: Merseyside:
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BEAUTY CONTEST Beauty contest at Morecambe run by Sunday dispatch won by Elaine Price - judges Allan Jones (American entertainer) and Carol Marsh (English film actress)
Competitions; Period Attitudes; Women
swimsuit, judge, runner-up, pageant, crown
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