Interesting, came up on the BBC this morning.
Two years later, Thelma Porter became the first black Miss Subways, more than three decades before Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America in 1983. Latino and Asian Miss Subways all joined their white Miss Subways counterparts before the pageant ended in 1976.
http://m.npr.org/news/Arts+&+Life/167659444
1:08 Mark
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Two years later, Thelma Porter became the first black Miss Subways, more than three decades before Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America in 1983. Latino and Asian Miss Subways all joined their white Miss Subways counterparts before the pageant ended in 1976.
http://m.npr.org/news/Arts+&+Life/167659444
1:08 Mark
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