Pageant parading aids Valley lovely toward glamor 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 was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated November 7, 1959 reads, "Exercise important - Darlene pumps up bike flat so she can go bicycling, one of her favorite exercises. Swimming comes first." Darlene Tompkins, 18, of Pacoima, has won twenty beauty pageants in two years. See images 00154333 through 00154336; 00154340; 00154342 and 00154343 for all photos in this series.
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