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This is Miss America Back in 1924 and Now in 2013

Chris Gampat
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07/15/2013
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Miss-America-differences

A lot has changed in both fashion and culture here in America–despite the fact that we cling to our history and love the vintage appeal. The Miss America contest puts a lot of pressure on women in our society to look their absolute best. And overall, the fashion statements have changed. Ruth Malcomson was Miss America 1924, and this image from the Library of Congress is perhaps one of her most famous. But this other image shows her to be a leggy beaut. Mallory Hagan is Miss America 2013, and some of her widely circulated images show her during the contest: especially during the swimsuit portion.

It’s interesting to see how both fashion statements and priorities in the photo world have changed due to our culture’s evolution in values. That isn’t to say that we’re all about skin now, but in things surely do change.

1924 2013 History images Mallory Hagan Miss America News portrait Ruth Malcomson
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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.