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Beauty By Numbers.(facts related to beauty contests)
Beauty By Numbers
Beauty Pageants
When P.T. Barnum tried to stage the first American beauty pageant in 1854, he failed to find enough willing women (an unsullied reputation was a requirement) to field a competition. A century and a half on, the pageant circuit is thriving -- from Miss Hell Hole Swamp (held in Jamestown, South Carolina; population: 97) all the way up to Miss Universe. A look at the numbers from the world of beau...oh, right, scholarship competitions. -- SARAH VAN BOVEN
700,000: Estimated number of pageants held worldwide each year. 8: Number of contestants who competed for the first Miss America title in 1921. $5,000: Amount awarded to the Miss America winner as a scholarship in 1945, the first year the pageant bestowed college tuition money. 18: Age at which Diane Sawyer became America's Junior Miss in 1963. 1967: Year Miss Universe contestants were first allowed to use hairpieces and falls, though falsies remained banned. 1971: Year Miss Black Tennessee contestant Oprah Winfrey told a judge, "I'd be a spending fool," when asked what she would do if she had a million dollars. (She won the title.) 1984: Year Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America. 10: Number of months later she gave up her title after ...
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