1926 International Pageant of Pulchritude information
1926 beauty pageant
1926 International Pageant of Pulchritude
"Beauty Queen of the Universe" Catherine Moylan
Date
May 15, 1926 (1926-05-15) - May 17, 1926 (1926-05-17)
Venue
Galveston, Texas
Entrants
39
Placements
12
Winner
Catherine Moylan Dallas
The First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, was a beauty pageant held from May 15 to 17, 1926, in Galveston, Texas. The previous editions of the Galveston Bathing Girl Revue had only featured contestants from the United States. However, during the 1926 event, one contestant from Mexico and another from Canada entered, giving the pageant its first international competitors. It was reported that around 160,000 people watched the bathing costume parade on the afternoon of the 16th.[1][2]
Miss Dallas, Catherine Moylan, won the event, becoming the first Beauty Queen of the Universe.
^"Miss Dallas Wins Revue". Galveston Daily News. 17 May 1926. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^West, Donald. "Pageantopolis: Universe 1920s". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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