America's Junior Miss Beauty Pageant Documentary featuring Diane Sawyer (1970)

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thefilmarchive.org Distinguished Young Women, America' Junior Miss, national -profit organization scholarship opportunities high school senior girls. Depending schedule state local programs, young women eligible summer preceding senior year high school. This program designed provide young women opportunity support needed succeed , , attending college. Since creation 1958, 700000 young ladies participated competitions spanning United States. Each state hosts state program chosen representative advances national program, held program' birthplace Mobile, Alabama. In late 1920s, Mobile' Junior Chamber Commerce, today Jaycees, began earliest form Junior Miss program annual floral pageant spring encourage participation residents local beautification projects, including azalea flowers. The winner pageant eventually choose successor carry role representing annual program: act similar America' Junior Miss year winning title, ' judges decide . Shortly Second World War, Junior Chamber changed program young high school seniors participate. Prizes included honor queen Azalea Trail Maids <>...</>