Spring 1993 • September 2001

okanagan beauty pageantokanagan beauty pageant“Here he comes…” A comical gender bender—an attractive young man, weeping for joy, as a pageant winner’s ribbon is wrapped around his torso, dozens of roses thrust into his arms, a glittering tiara planted on his head. This is not as far-fetched as it may seem, we discover, in these two looks at the changing face of pageants.

Kelowna Lady on the Lake

 

 

 

Read the original features from the  2001 Sept and 1993 Spring issues.