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Show Utah Miss Universe Contest Begins Search for Entrants mkf; ; ) ) mem mJmA Today when Janet Satterfield submitted her "Miss Utah for Miss Universe" entry blank to Miss Verna Swenson, a coordinator coordi-nator for the state's Miss Universe Uni-verse beauty pageant, a stunning parade of local lovelies had its beginning. Miss Satterfield is last year's runner-up in the state contest, which makes her eligible to compete com-pete for the crown once again. Chosen last year as Miss Utah for Miss Universe was Janet Marie Hawley, a beautiful Utahn who was a finalist in the Miami Beach Miss University Pageant. And in 1960, Linda Bement, daughter of the Utah Pageant director, won the title of the world's most beautiful girl. in June, the world finals in Miami on June 14. Two new events have been added to the pageant, she says. Competition will be keen for the prizes for the "best state" and "best native" costumes, and plans presently call for an international interna-tional fashion show with representative repre-sentative designs from the world's leading house of haute couture. Mrs. Bement states that all coaching and professional advice for the Utah Pageant will be un-1 der the supervision of Miss Verna Swenson, director of the Loretta Young Way Studio in Salt Lake City. For two years now, Miss Swenson has acted as consultant for the contestants. The winner of the statewide contest in May will go on to Miami Beach, where the Miss Universe winner will receive a $5,000 prize, plus a $10,000 personal per-sonal appearance contract. The runncr-up will receive $2,500. Third, fourth, and fifth place prizes are $1,500, $1,000 and $500 respectively. "Utah has had more than its share of beauty queens," said Mrs. Elaine Bement, director of the Utah Miss Universiy Pageant. Mrs. Bement feels that once again the state will produce a winner. "Utah girls as every Utahn knows are the loveliest in the world and the most talented. We have great hopes for the state in the Miami Beach Pageant," she says. Mrs. Bement states the Utah finals will be televised early An estimated $100,000 in merchandise will be given to the girls during the pageant. The entire worldwide pageant involves more than 3,000 active workers in 100 nations, and approximately ap-proximately 25,000 girls vie for the trip to Miami Beach and the crown of the most beautiful girl in the universe. When election times comes in America, a blind citizen does not always know what special laws his state has enacted relative to his exercise of the privilege of voting. In some states the laws are very liberal and the blind person can bring along any assistant as-sistant of his own choosing; in others the rules are more complicated. com-plicated. In an effort to advise all blind people what assistance they are entitled to at the polling poll-ing places a pamphlet has been published listing the rules and regulations for all states. "Election "Elec-tion Laws Affecting Blind Persons" Per-sons" can be obtained free upon request from the foundation, 15 West 16th St., New York City. Husband: "Dear, what's happened hap-pened to my toothbrush? It's so hard and stiff." Wife: "I don't know. It was all right yesterday when I painted paint-ed the bird cage." |