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i/nannei ^AirJ *?. ■ * ■y ^ ■ Vi*- ■'.' *w Mr-!' ■.£;$■f*: LV*'s ^ II %Pageant''The. “Miss Bronze Pageant 1968/’ an outstanding yearly showcase of Negro beauty and talent, will be televised live and In'color from the Fairmont Hotel tomorrow, 9:00-10:00 p.m. on Channel 2, KTVU.‘.This will be the fourth year that KTVU has televised theculmination of several week’s^ ,activities which result in the crowning of a lovely queen representing the Negro communities in Northern California. Twelve charming contestants will be judged for beauty In swimming suits and evening gowns, talent, poise, personality and intelligence. The lucky win-ner will be crowned by hit recording artist and sooji-to-be-actor Lou Rawls.BEVERLY JOHNSON, MISS BRONZE V New Queen Will Be C ho ten Tomorrow. THE JUDGES will be Gail Fisher, appearing in “Mannix; H,. B. Bamum, RCA recording .star; Don Mitchell, co-starring ‘in-’’Ironside;M Otis Young, star .of “The Outcasts;’* Mrs. Lois Ceasar, local social leader; Judge Allen Broussard; Clem Daniels, halfback for the Oakland Raiders: -and John Hardy, KDIA disc jockey./According to Shelby Davis, coordinator oF the Miss Bronze Pageant, “Miss Bronze Is based upon1 the premise that Negro girls may rightfully claim their place in the international glamour world, that their beauty,grace and charm can stand on its own. merit-and measure up to any accepted standard, and that public presentation is all that is needed to bring out theIrufh of this declaration.”Miss Bronze for 1968 will receive a $1,000.00 scholarship, a $200.00 wardrobe and a $200.00 grand talent award as well as many other gifts and awards from the Bay Area business community.* • * *THIS YEAR'S contestants are Verdai Brown of Pittsburg, student at Oakland City College; Regina Buford, El Cerrito, student at El Cerrito High;Jackquelyn Carroll, Oakland, medical receptionist; Albirda Charles, Oakland, Mills College dance major; Dawn Jackson, Sacramento, aspiring actress; Jacqueline Jones, San Francisco, working at the Federal Reserve Bank; Sonia. Long, San Mateo, professional model; Angela McMurran, Oakland, aspiring criminologist; Prima Marquez, Oakland, Laney Collegestudent and professional dancer and model; Sue Simon, San Mateo, student at College of San Mateo; Connie Swan, Oakland, legitimate theatre actress and Judy Turner, Oakland, receptionist.
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Argus
Fremont, California, US
Fri, Jul 26, 1968
Page 12
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