1950’s
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1956
A competition in Chicago during a 1956 chiropractors convention.for beauty and posture
“All three were picked not only by their apparent beauty, and their X-rays, but also by their standing posture,” reported the Tribune . “Each girl stood on a pair of scales ? one foot to each ? and the winning trio each registered exactly half her weight on each scale, confirming the correct standing posture.”
In the end, a posture queen was crowned!
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