Narcia Denise McCurtain, University of Texas at Arlington freshman, 18 received a crown and red roses as the new Miss Arlington after winning the pageant held in the Arlington Community Center. She is Choctaw and Cherokee and her goal is to becoming the first Native American to compete in a Miss Texas Pageant, and ultimately become Miss Texas. She was selected as the 1976 Dallas-Fort Worth Inter-Tribal Princess. McCurtain was one of the 12 contestants and will receive a $500 scholarship. She graduated of Eastern Hills High School. She is meeting with the media. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram morning edition January 15, 1979.
Item: Miss Arlington Pageant
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-7163
Identifier: 20160374
Title: Miss Arlington Pageant
Creator: Heptig, Vince (Photographer)
Description: Narcia Denise McCurtain, University of Texas at Arlington freshman, 18 received a crown and red roses as the new Miss Arlington after winning the pageant held in the Arlington Community Center. She is Choctaw and Cherokee and her goal is to becoming the first Native American to compete in a Miss Texas Pageant, and ultimately become Miss Texas. She was selected as the 1976 Dallas-Fort Worth Inter-Tribal Princess. McCurtain was one of the 12 contestants and will receive a $500 scholarship. She graduated of Eastern Hills High School. She is meeting with the media. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram morning edition January 15, 1979.
Date Created: 1979-01-15
Coverage: 1970s
Category: University of Texas at Arlington
Subject Term: Cameras, Colleges & universities, Beauty contests
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Miss Arlington Pageant
Creator: Heptig, Vince (Photographer)
Description: Narcia Denise McCurtain, University of Texas at Arlington freshman, 18 received a crown and red roses as the new Miss Arlington after winning the pageant held in the Arlington Community Center. She is Choctaw and Cherokee and her goal is to becoming the first Native American to compete in a Miss Texas Pageant, and ultimately become Miss Texas. She was selected as the 1976 Dallas-Fort Worth Inter-Tribal Princess. McCurtain was one of the 12 contestants and will receive a $500 scholarship. She graduated of Eastern Hills High School. She is meeting with the media. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram morning edition January 15, 1979.
Date Created: 1979-01-15
Coverage: 1970s
Category: University of Texas at Arlington
Subject Term: Cameras, Colleges & universities, Beauty contests
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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