Sun Beach Girl Contest Final 1955-1956

These twelve 6x6 negative were found in a Kodak Envelope in Doreen, Victoria. They come from one roll and were shot on Perutz film.

The winner of the contest was Patricia Marie Leder born in 1938. Her photograph is in the collection of Sandringham and District Historical Society. Patricia is seen in the group photograph second from the right, number 12, wearing Miss Sandringham sash. In this image she is facing the camera, this time wearing the sash of the contest winner.

The photographer's main subject though is not Patricia but the runner-up of the contest that appears in many photographs (contestant 15). The name of the beauty remains unknown.