22 Odd Beauty Queen Titles From The '50s And '60s No One Would Want Today
These aren't your traditional Miss America.
In front of the New York Coliseum, Darlene Larson was awarded National Hot Rod Queen in 1969.
Unafraid of the number 13, Cindy Carol became the Queen of Anti-Triskaidekaphobia on Friday the 13th in 1963.
Sunny Austin poses with a lamb, a toucan and a baby chick after winning Queen of the Pet Festival in 1964.
The Wool Bureau and National Knitted Outerwear Foundation sponsored the Sweater Queen contest, which Jeanne Davis of Alabama won in 1952.
Lynn Kellog became Queen of the Love Ball in 1968.
Lee A. Merlin became Miss Atomic Bomb in 1957, at the same time as Operation Plumbbob, a series of nuclear bomb tests that took place in the Nevada desert.
Joi Lansing posing at the 1964's World's Fair Chunky Candy Pavillion.
During the Spring Art Festival in 1962, Eva Sloan was awarded the title of Queen of the Greenich Village.
In 1957, Diane Stopky from St. Louis won the International Posture Contest.
Darlene Larson sits on a pile of snow as she is crowned 1967's Outdoor Health Queen.
Apparently it takes dedication to be named Blueberry Queen, as Ethel Silber shows here from her win in 1955.
Jane Wurster poses in 1951 after her win as Queen of the New York Press Photographers Association.
The Mink Queen of 1960, Julia Meade, poses at West Side Fur Company.
In an effort to promote a national sense of humor, Kathleen Townsend was named National Laugh Queen in 1961.
A freshman from Vassar College, Judy McGuire became the Ivy League Queen in 1960.
Gloria Prince becomes Queen of Cuisine in New York City in 1964.
The 1959 Queen of the Circus at Palisades Park was awarded to Jacqueline Petite of Paris.
Joy Harman is awarded the Donut Crown in 1957.
In 1954, Memphis resident Gail Hooper was crowned as Miss National Catfish Queen. Here she is with a 56-pound catfish in New York
Hebrew National awarded Lorraine Cole as the Frankfurter Queen in 1956.
Paula Wayne becomes May Wine Queen in 1965.
For the 1964-1965 World's Fair Queen, Ann McKeon took the crown.