Pageant parading aids Valley lovely toward glamour career
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph caption dated November 7, 1959 reads, "One of Many Wins - Darlene, second from left, is shown here just after being named Miss San Fernando Valley East in Miss Universe preliminary contest. Named Miss Valley West, South and North, were, from left, Donna Hart, Van Nuys; Margie Prestwick, Woodland Hills, and Jan Richards, Van Nuys." Darlene Tompkins, 18, of Pacoima, has won 20 beauty contests in two years. See images 00154333 through 00154336; 00154342 and 00154343 for all photos in this series. Photograph caption dated May 25, 1959 reads, "Pageant winners - Miss San Fernando Valley beauty contest winners are, from left, Donna Hart, Van Nuys; Darlene Tompkins, Pacoima; Margie Prescott, Woodland Hills, and Jan Richards, Van Nuys. They were named respectively Misses Valley West, East, South, and North."
Tompkins, Darlene, 1940- Beauty contestants Beauty contests Pageants Young women Bathing suits Award winners Awards San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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