we look underneath the dresses and makeup to see how much preparation and stress goes along with it‚ and the heart break that comes along when a contestant doesn’t win the title he or she was aiming for. The history of beauty pageants began in the 1920’s. Originating as a marketing tool in 1921 by an Atlantic City hotel owner who wanted the city’s tourists to remain in town longer. A local news reporter started the infamous term‚ still used today by saying‚ “let’s call her ‘Miss America’!” Pageants
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The decade of 1920‚ also known as the Roaring Twenties‚ were years of excitement and novelty. During these times‚ people enjoyed new forms of entertainment and technology as the economy grew. One particular president who encouraged people to enjoy their life amid these years was Calvin Coolidge. After the death of the twenty-ninth president Warren Harding in 1923‚ Calvin Coolidge won the presidential elections by a landslide. Throughout Calvin Coolidge’s presidency‚ he focused on industry and economics
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either the floor with a mat‚ or specially designed spring-resistant equipment which is all supervised by a trained Pilate’s instructor. The exercises of Pilate’s focus on strengthening ones core while continuously breathing deeply. Created in the 1920’s by a physical trainer‚ Joseph Pilates‚ with the primary purpose of the exercise focused solely on rehabilitation. Pilates first used this form of exercise to treat soldiers who were returning from war. He also was known to treat dancers with Pilates
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The Bauhaus Design Movement The Bauhaus is one of the most important design movements in the twentieth century. It took place in Germany in the 1920’s and 30’s and is considered one of the birthplaces of the Modern Movement in architecture‚ design and art. The horrible experiences of WWI‚ poverty and inflation were strong influences. The movement known as Bauhaus was a reaction to social change and resulted in a purism approach with an emphasis in design on straight edges‚ smooth slim forms‚
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1. Introduction America was in a jazz age in 1920s. Its economy developed so fast that most American people had begun to get a sense that “World War I” had brought so many material benefits to them‚ with unprecedented enthusiasm; they closed doors to purchase wealth and pleasure insanely. They not only think they are placed in one of the most brilliant era in human’s history and mesmerize in it‚ but also believe that the time will continue endlessly. Social structure and people’s behavior and psychology
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dad dies in a fine big house. I believe that Langston is trying to say that black people are always going to be poor and that white people are most of the time going to have a lot of money to live with. I like this poem because it talks about how the 1920’s were but‚ eventually time evolve. Now people are equal in certain
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Fashion Trends in the 1930s Vogue in the 1930s was much different from the trends now. Clothing styles were less lavish for most of the time period. The north/south were still separated‚ so they had access to different clothing. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ mentions some of these fashion trends. Some magazines were first published towards the end of the 1930s and captured the best fashion trends (The Best Fashions of the 1930s). The fashions favored in Hollywood were eventually
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this world‚ a beautiful little fool." The quote means to me that it is a man dominated world‚ and there is little hope against it. The world appears to be filled with people not having decent values‚ nor honest actions to allow prosperity. In the 1920s‚ the Great War leaving its scars on Europe‚ America‚ and as always‚ the people. No matter the time period‚ or the location for that matter will change people‚ much less their nature can be changed. My points lie with the truth that the Jazz Age‚ and
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her first job in the fashion industry‚ she explained that it took place during WWI in 1909 and her goal was to make a “working costume” for women who took over the jobs of fighting men during the war. In 1912 she opened her first shop but it was the 1920’s when she really started becoming an icon. The roaring twenties were all about becoming “someone” and separating yourself from the old and “making life new.” This was what Coco Chanel was all about. Her styles were ahead of her time. “Fashion passes
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in the group of these people that was being curiously watched by the bystander below. Fitzgerald portrays this struggle of Nick in a high-class society to express his own views and opinions of the society he lived in. While Fitzgerald lived in the 1920’s‚ a time of an American dream of discovery
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