#25: Miss Subways

#25: Miss Subways

vor 11 Jahren
A beauty pageant, for the working girl.
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vor 11 Jahren
Beauty pageants promote the fantasy of the ideal woman. But for 35 years, one contest in New York City celebrated the everyday working girl. Each month starting in 1941, a young woman was elected “Miss Subways,” and her face gazed down on transit riders as they rode through the city. Her photo was accompanied by […]
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