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7 Te Pageant Tradition and Miss Nude World
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Mary-Ann Shantz
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Shantz_final_06-15-2022.indd 1442022-06-15 9:30:17 AM7 Te Pageant Tradition and Miss Nude World In the decades after the Second World War, Canadian nudist clubs and organizations regularly reported that a pageant to select a “Nudist Royal Family” – king, queen, and often, prince and princess – was a highlight of the summer season. Tey followed the lead of English and American nudists in incorporating pageants into their local and national gatherings.1 Te con-tests ranged in size from small local events, in which the king and queen were chosen by applause from the audience, to the elaborately staged Miss Nude World Contest. Te latter was hosted by the Four Seasons Nature Park outside Hamilton, Ontario, during the early 1970s and was open to the public. Te seemingly trivial beauty contest has become the subject of serious academic study. Scholars have highlighted the ways in which it has served as a platform for staging dominant cultural ideals and norms of femininity, race, and sexuality. But they have also demonstrated how the competitions, “by choosing an individual whose deportment, appearance, and style embodies the values and goals of a nation, locality, or group, ex-pose these same values and goals to interpretation and challenge.”2 Post-war nudist clubs and organizations adapted the pageant to embody their philosophy and represent it to the public. In staging their own versions of the beauty contest, which reached its height of popularity during this period, they proclaimed both their distinctiveness from, and their likeness to, main-stream culture.3 Nudist pageants attracted signifcant public attention by putting bodies, and nudism itself, on display. Tey laid bare the fact that the
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Shantz_final_06-15-2022.indd 1442022-06-15 9:30:17 AM7 Te Pageant Tradition and Miss Nude World In the decades after the Second World War, Canadian nudist clubs and organizations regularly reported that a pageant to select a “Nudist Royal Family” – king, queen, and often, prince and princess – was a highlight of the summer season. Tey followed the lead of English and American nudists in incorporating pageants into their local and national gatherings.1 Te con-tests ranged in size from small local events, in which the king and queen were chosen by applause from the audience, to the elaborately staged Miss Nude World Contest. Te latter was hosted by the Four Seasons Nature Park outside Hamilton, Ontario, during the early 1970s and was open to the public. Te seemingly trivial beauty contest has become the subject of serious academic study. Scholars have highlighted the ways in which it has served as a platform for staging dominant cultural ideals and norms of femininity, race, and sexuality. But they have also demonstrated how the competitions, “by choosing an individual whose deportment, appearance, and style embodies the values and goals of a nation, locality, or group, ex-pose these same values and goals to interpretation and challenge.”2 Post-war nudist clubs and organizations adapted the pageant to embody their philosophy and represent it to the public. In staging their own versions of the beauty contest, which reached its height of popularity during this period, they proclaimed both their distinctiveness from, and their likeness to, main-stream culture.3 Nudist pageants attracted signifcant public attention by putting bodies, and nudism itself, on display. Tey laid bare the fact that the
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- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiv
- Introduction 3
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Nudism Comes to Canada
- Building a Movement 17
- Constructing Community at the Club 34
- Regulating Sexuality 57
- Navigating Gender Norms 77
- Raising Young Nudists 93
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Nudism on Display
- Photographs in Sunbathing for Health Magazine, 1947–59 115
- Te Pageant Tradition and Miss Nude World 144
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Nudism, the Natural Environment, and the Regulation of Space
- Cultivating Nature and Protecting Privacy at the Club 163
- Defending Nature and Public Nudity at Wreck Beach, 1969–79 178
- Conclusion 199
- Notes 203
- Bibliography 229
- Index 240
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiv
- Introduction 3
-
Nudism Comes to Canada
- Building a Movement 17
- Constructing Community at the Club 34
- Regulating Sexuality 57
- Navigating Gender Norms 77
- Raising Young Nudists 93
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Nudism on Display
- Photographs in Sunbathing for Health Magazine, 1947–59 115
- Te Pageant Tradition and Miss Nude World 144
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Nudism, the Natural Environment, and the Regulation of Space
- Cultivating Nature and Protecting Privacy at the Club 163
- Defending Nature and Public Nudity at Wreck Beach, 1969–79 178
- Conclusion 199
- Notes 203
- Bibliography 229
- Index 240
