Brookshire was named the first Miss Lake Cumberland
2024-02-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Doug Beard
The first Miss Lake Cumberland Pageant, held fifty-one years ago this spring, on Saturday night, April 14, 1973, in the V. P. Henry Auditorium at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia.
Doug says, "The winner was Brenda Brookshire from Lexington, KY. The only other person I remember is the lady on the left, Cynthia Parnell from Columbia."
Thanks to JIM for a full rundown: In the photo, left to right: Cindy Parnell (Jeffersonville), 4th; June Wallace (Somerset), 1st); Brenda Brookshire (Lexington), Miss Lake Cumberland; Hildreth Delene "Dee" Ferguson (Albany), 2nd; and Mary Allison Chesney (Monticello), 3rd.
For a list of all contestants, see: Letter: Miss Lake Cumberland contestants in 1973 Comments | Permalink
2024-02-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Doug Beard
The first Miss Lake Cumberland Pageant, held fifty-one years ago this spring, on Saturday night, April 14, 1973, in the V. P. Henry Auditorium at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia.
Doug says, "The winner was Brenda Brookshire from Lexington, KY. The only other person I remember is the lady on the left, Cynthia Parnell from Columbia."
Thanks to JIM for a full rundown: In the photo, left to right: Cindy Parnell (Jeffersonville), 4th; June Wallace (Somerset), 1st); Brenda Brookshire (Lexington), Miss Lake Cumberland; Hildreth Delene "Dee" Ferguson (Albany), 2nd; and Mary Allison Chesney (Monticello), 3rd.
For a list of all contestants, see: Letter: Miss Lake Cumberland contestants in 1973 Comments | Permalink