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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1973
Page
3
Seven finalists compete today at Bluefield State College Basic Science Building Auditorium for the Third Annual Miss Black West Virginia title. judging weighs talent 50 percent, personal projection 30 percent, and bathing suit 20 percent. winner goes to Miss Black America in Washington DC with about 50 contestants nationwide.
A distinguished panel of five judges was named to select West Virginia's representative for the Miss Black America Pageant. The judges include Allan Connolly of Bluefield Sharon Bell Mathis of Washington DC attorney Donald L. Pitts of Beckley Della Brown Taylor of Charleston and Daniel Samuel Thomas III of Falls Church VA. The pageant will be held today with Connolly known for Bluefield community work and serving as Bluefield's vice mayor. Mathis is a writer in residence at Howard University and a published author. Pitts holds multiple bar association memberships and community roles. Taylor, a participant, chairs art at West Virginia State College. Thomas teaches at Fort Hunt High School and serves on several Fairfax County boards.
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