Jumping on the bandwagon with Miss Beat, 1959 are these Venice, California pageant contestants:
Call me cynical, but I think some of these girls are not actually beatniks. I suspect that the girl on the far left just slapped on some eyeliner in the car after competing in the Miss Culver City pageant.
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Is it weirder that there’s a near-naked brain monster looming over them or that one of the contestants seems to be returning from her camping trip? Was it not ‘beat’ enough to have electricity?