INTRODUCTION
Beauty School proudly presents its second Master Class, this time on Miss World 1975. Why 1975? Since its inception in 1951, as a publicity stunt to boost interest in the Festival of Britain,the Miss World Pageant has faced an inordinate amount of controversy.
Unlike its rival the Miss Universe Pageant, almost every misstep at the Miss World Pageant has made headlines around the globe. The scribes at the tabloids on London’s Fleet Street have been there at every turn, seeming to relish any opportunity to besmirch the Pageant...loving it and reviling it all at the same time. Nothing sells papers better than a good scandal. And the Miss World pageant has had more than its share of them.
For this Master Class, we have decided to focus on the culmination of years of scandal that might have signaled the end of the Miss World Pageant. Much like a time bomb waiting
to go off, the fuse was getting very very short by 1975.
Trouble from the beginning
- 1950's
Things start heating up
- 1960's
The Denouement - Miss
World 1975
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