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Miss Missouri contestants Deborah Duff and Jean Spalding profile
Deborah Duff of Kansas City a University of Missouri at Kansas City student and Miss Missouri Teenager 1969 and Miss AMS 1970 brings 16 years of dance training and plans a modern jazz routine. Jean Spalding of Cape Girardeau a Southeast Missouri State sophomore and Miss Southeast Missouri shares pageant experience, fashion modeling, and philanthropy work while hoping for strong talent presence in the competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Ruth Duff
Kansas City
Manuel B. Duff
University of Missouri
Deborah
Starlight Theatre
Kansas City Performing Arts Foundation
Jean Ann Spalding
Southeast Missouri
Edward Gene Spalding
Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri State
Jean
Quill and Scroll Club
Shirley Ingrid Fry
Tipton
Elmer Leon Fry, Jr
Central Missouri State College
Shirley