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The First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, was a beauty pageant held from May 15 to May 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.

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  • Miss Universe 1926 (de)
  • 1926 International Pageant of Pulchritude (en)
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  • The First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, was a beauty pageant held from May 15 to May 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. (en)
  • Der Schönheitswettbewerb um die Miss Universe 1926 fand unter dem Namen First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue vom 15. bis zum 17. Mai 1926 in Galveston (Texas) statt. An den Vorgänger-Veranstaltungen ab 1920, lediglich als Galveston Bathing Girl Revue bezeichnet, hatten ausschließlich Kandidatinnen aus den Vereinigten Staaten teilgenommen. Aber 1926 kamen mit einer jungen Frau aus Mexiko und einer weiteren aus Winnipeg (Kanada) erstmals internationale Teilnehmerinnen dazu. Etwa 150.000 Zuschauer sollen sich jährlich die Badeanzug-Parade auf dem Galveston Boulevard angesehen haben. (de)
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  • "Beauty Queen of the Universe" Catherine Moylan (en)
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  • Catherine Moylan, Beauty Queen of the Universe 1926 (en)
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  • Galveston Daily News (en)
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  • I'm really overwhelmed by the results of the pageant, and my good fortune is almost more than I had hoped for. But I really don't feel much different than yesterday, when I was no more than 'Miss Dallas.' (en)
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  • The First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, was a beauty pageant held from May 15 to May 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. Miss Dallas, Catherine Moylan, won the event, becoming the first Beauty Queen of the Universe. (en)
  • Der Schönheitswettbewerb um die Miss Universe 1926 fand unter dem Namen First International Pageant of Pulchritude and Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue vom 15. bis zum 17. Mai 1926 in Galveston (Texas) statt. An den Vorgänger-Veranstaltungen ab 1920, lediglich als Galveston Bathing Girl Revue bezeichnet, hatten ausschließlich Kandidatinnen aus den Vereinigten Staaten teilgenommen. Aber 1926 kamen mit einer jungen Frau aus Mexiko und einer weiteren aus Winnipeg (Kanada) erstmals internationale Teilnehmerinnen dazu. Etwa 150.000 Zuschauer sollen sich jährlich die Badeanzug-Parade auf dem Galveston Boulevard angesehen haben. Siegerin wurde Catherine Moylan (Miss Dallas) und erhielt in diesem Jahr noch den Titel „Beauty Queen of the Universe“, der ab 1928 Miss Universe hieß. (de)
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