A Beauty Pageant for the Ducks

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Okay, in all farness the beauty pageant was not really for the ducks

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  • Created Date: 05 Mar 2007
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30 Jul 1964 | Miani Beach, Fla

Miss Oregon, a contestant in the Miss Universe contest in 1963, brought two ducks with her to the pageant. 

Her chaperone reacted: "I put them in the bathtub of course, for safekeeping." 

The article "Like Mother Hen, Shelters Young Chicks" explains the different duties of beauty pageant chaperones.  I found the duties of the chaperones mildly interesting, but I am left wondering why Miss Oregon would need the ducks at the pageant.  Were the ducks a calming influence in the stressful competition?  Were the ducks in some way a part of Miss Oregon's talent?  Duck herding perhaps? 

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dvader

Well, ducks are pretty big in Oregon. The University or Oregon's mascot is the ducks so it's possible that she was from that school. Either that or it was just a publicity stunt. It did end up in the paper after all!

05 Mar 2007