[From NiagaraFallsUpClose.com]
Niagara Falls is known for its’ beauty, but from 1974 to 1976 that beauty was enhanced by some of the most stunning women in the USA as they traveled to Niagara to compete in the Miss USA Pageant. The Miss USA Pageant is part of the Miss Universe Corporation and then President Harold Glasser negotiated with Niagara Falls New York to host the pageant for three years in the City’s brand new Convention Center.
The Miss USA Pageant was then televised live on the CBS television network to a national audience with terrific ratings. Because of those rating and the television exposure, the City of Niagara Falls picked up the entire tab for hotel rooms, meals and transportation for the pageant employees and supports staff.
The Miss USA Pageant completely took over the Convention Center for about three weeks as the individual State Pageant winners arrived and competed in the categories of talent, bathing suit and interviews. Miss USA Pageant National Field Director Griff O’Neil ran the entire operation from the Convention Center meeting rooms, using many of Niagara Falls’ citizens to assist in various capacities.
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