(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 18, 2009 ) GALVESTON ISLAND, Texas - Islander By ChoiceTM (IBC) is proud to announce the resurrection of Galveston Island’s legendary Bathing Beauties Pageant, May 16, at 2 p.m. Located on the historic Galveston shoreline, just east of the 33rd Street jetty, IBC will renew this “Island original” bathing beauty contest with two categories: contemporary swimwear and vintage-inspired. Attendance to the event is free.
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. The famed Galveston Bathing Beauties pageants ended in 1932 due in part to the Great Depression.
“These Island pageants are said to have been the beginning of what we know today as the Miss America Contest”, said Adrienne Culpepper, event coordinator. “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.”
For details and to enter the contest, please complete the registration form available on www.galvestonbeachrevue.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact IBC Event Coordinator Adrienne Culpepper at adrienne@ibcgalveston.com or 409-770-7360.
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Capitalizing on a kooky sense of wit and wisdom and some forgotten facts, IBC wants to promote Galveston pride and a truer spirit of the Island. What began as local friends joking in a shop one summer launched into an Island business promoting local Island-inspired apparel and the resurrection of some of the best family-oriented events that made this Island legendary. For more information on IBCÂ’s around the Island, please visit www.ibcgalveston.com.
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