Miss America enjoys title, work - can't have dates
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
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 article dated February 9, 1962 partially reads, "The most beautiful girl in America has not had a date since last fall. 'There's no such thing as personal life when you are Miss America,' says Maria Beale Fletcher, the raven-haired North Carolina beauty who holds the current title. 'But there are so many compensating factors that you don't really miss it,' she hastened to add. Miss Fletcher is in Los Angeles to appear at a series of fashion shows for Everglaze Cotton. She will model at the Broadway-Valley at 8 p.m. today in a special showing of Miss America fashions."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Fletcher, Maria Beale Miss America Pageant Dating (Social customs) Beauty contestants--United States Young women--California--San Fernando Valley Fashion shows--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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