Sunday 19 August 2007



On this day in 1888 the first beauty contest was held – at Spa, Belgium, It was won by an 18 yr old West Indian. (That same year Karl Benz began selling petrol driven motor cars.) Neither the winner nor the car looked anything like this!
Posted by Scriptor Senex at 02:46
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  1. GB alias L'homme bizarre avec la barbe grise20 August 2007 at 09:53

    I'm obviously not as observant as I thought. I spent ages wondering why she was wearing a plastercast(which could scratch the paintwork)on her left arm.

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