Islander By Choice (IBC) is proud to announce the resurrection of Galveston Island’s legendary Bathing Beauties Pageant on Saturday May 16 at 2 p.m.[...]
Dubbed the “Pageant of Pulchritude” by C.E. Barfield, the Galveston beauty contest began in the summer of 1920 and from then on marked the kick-off for tourist season each year. By 1928 the event had morphed into the “bathing girl revue” and became so popular, the Island’s population nearly tripled during the event weekend. These Island pageants are said to have been the beginning of what we know today as the Miss America Contest.
IBC knows it’s time to dust this one off for the people of Galveston and for the Island to reclaim its rightful title as the “Playground of the Southwest.”
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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