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Old 05-28-2008, 11:49 PM   #76
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The words on the crown are backwards so,
when you're sitting up there on top of the back seat of the royal convertible,
drivers can see your motorcade coming up behind them and pull over.
I'm still trying to figure out why her crown is backwards. Someone really has trouble with all that HTML stuff.

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Is it just me, how did this thread turn from a shrimp deal to a black heritage thing? I smell troll. Hey pump me up.
Now jump on me.
Well actually I looked at this thread awhile ago and just never got around to replying....until not too long ago.
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Old 05-29-2008, 12:01 AM   #77
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Buster's just jealous, 'cause he's from Mississippi.
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Old 05-29-2008, 04:20 AM   #78
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Is it just me, how did this thread turn from a shrimp deal to a black heritage thing? I smell troll. Hey pump me up.
Now jump on me.
Quite right Buster. Thread drift is despicable and shouldn't be tolerated in IoTD.
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But this is so much more a way of life here. Not the pageants per se, but the dressing up. This was mine and beest's realization this weekend. Americans love to dress up in a way that Brits don't.
Shurely not? BTW sorry for your 2-0 defeat...
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Old 05-29-2008, 05:10 PM   #79
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Buster's just jealous, 'cause he's from Mississippi.
"Mississippi Queen"--an awesome Gulf Coast queen thing, Buster!
A radio sports show just now played 20-some seconds of the "Mississippi Queen" intro as bumper music coming back from a commercial break (but it wasn't the Mountain version ).
"I can name that tune in two cowbell strokes!"
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Old 05-29-2008, 05:33 PM   #80
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should of had more cowbell...
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Old 05-29-2008, 08:49 PM   #81
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Quite right Buster. Thread drift is despicable and shouldn't be tolerated in IoTD.

Shurely not? BTW sorry for your 2-0 defeat...

I'm not sorry (and they didn't notice)
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Old 05-29-2008, 11:01 PM   #82
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about ur finger?
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Old 05-30-2008, 03:12 PM   #83
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that is one popish crown ya gots on there.
"Popish"--haaa!

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Brianna, the pope seems a bit miffed that Amber Benoit, Miss Sulphur 2007, has a taller mitre than him! Her gown is as shiny as his, yet is tastefully understated. On the other hand, her sash is over the top, whereas he must have one in there somewhere, but it's so well blended into his ensemble that it's hard to tell.

The wrong headwear can make the humblest man or woman look too, too special, not unlike megalomaniac rulers who use special hats to project authority. Big, fancy hats make eye-catching props for more-garden-variety showbiz attention mongers, too, from Carmen Miranda to the creepy Slash and that guy in Jamiroquai. Stupid Elton.

The already towering Abraham Lincoln (almost 6'4", when the average American man was 5'6") may have been humble in significant ways, so what's up with the stovepipe hat? In October 1862 Lincoln went to post-battle Antietam to meet with the arrogant, procrastinating, and insubordinate Gen. George McClellan (average at 5'6"), commander of the Army of the Potomac and formerly general in chief of all U.S. armies (footnote: McClellan, who privately wrote that he should be acclaimed dictator, was the fragmented Democratic Party's candidate for president 2 years later, losing to Lincoln). Lincoln had to make clear who was commander in chief:



McClellan, sixth from left, and Lincoln at Antietam

In general, Lincoln wanted to be noticed, I suppose, but being readily recognized would also help him be more accessible to the people. The stovepipe hat furthermore had the practical function of being a handy place to keep letters and other papers, like a briefcase.

Back to the Vatican: For an amazing selection of ecclesiastical headwear and robes, starting with the simplest nun's habit, progressing through higher ranks and gaudier vestments and mitres, and culminating in pure, dazzling ostentation, check out this clip of the fashion parade in Fellini's Roma (1972). (Go see this film projected at a theater when possible.)
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Old 05-30-2008, 03:21 PM   #84
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Lincoln, the Vatican, and Fellini?

whoa. head rush!
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Old 06-01-2008, 04:24 PM   #85
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Lincoln, the Vatican, and Fellini?
Don’t forget the queens, Cloud! Going back to Louisiana:

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Left: Miss Andouille [sausage] XII [2006]
Ashley Kristine Wilking
Right: 2007 Miss Queen of Hearts [of the River Parishes Fall Festival]
Ashley Kristine Wilking


Hey, I thought she was from Georgia--Scarlett’s friend.

More importantly, what up with her batwings? A lot of the Louisiana queens wear ’em. I’m guessing it’s a regal mantle bestowed only upon the winner at the big moment, along with the tiara, sash, and bouquet. Personally, I prefer Miss BHF’s bare-shoulder look.

Still, there’s certainly something to be said for the batwing style. Further research shows that in a few short years in the early 1930s, in male scholarship competitions, the regal pageant mantle underwent a radical transformation from modest proportions to the exaggerated dimensions that persist today:

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Left: Seward Sanitarium Blood Drive Festival King 1931
Bill “Count” Dracula
Right: Mr. Late-Moving Sinker 1934
Chien-ming “the Merciless” Wang


Bonus section: An SSBDF King gallery



1, 2, 3: High-collared mantle, but modest by later standards
2: Lincolnesque winner's crown
4. Joy at hearing Abraham Van Helsing named first runner-up


Highlights of the winner's performance, a dramatic reading, in the talent portion of the competition
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