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Kay Neilson: The Toast Of Nebraska - Council Bluffs Coed To Vie For Miss America . . .
Vital Statistics . . . take on a new meaning when the Council Bluffs girl dons a bathing suit. For the record, she's 5 feet 6, and weighs 115 pounds. Her measurements - 36-23-34.
Bluffs Girl Enters Race
Miss Kay Nielson . . . Miss Colorado Woman's College
Miss Iowa calmed by thoughts of students
Sherri Bowman
[Wearing crown]
[Wearing crown]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 23 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing swimsuit.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing swimsuit.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing stirrup pants, belted plaid shirt, and blazer.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing stirrup pants, belted plaid shirt, and blazer.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing formal gown.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing formal gown.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing full skirt, belted shirt, and boots.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing full skirt, belted shirt, and boots.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Preparing for her final appearance in the trunk show, wearing the formal gown she'll wear Sept. 14, Bowman applies the finishing touches of make-up.
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Gegttng in some runway practice, Bowman models an outfit for he Midlands Mall crowd.
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Bowman told her parents they were most responsible for her success. Bob Bowman is employed with Metropolitan Life Insurance; Betty Bowman is a marketing representative with Council Bluffs Savings.
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Bowman gave the audience a chance to hear the Gershwin medley she'll be performing in the pageant, during Thursday of pageant week. The talent competition provides 50 percent of the points on which the contestants are judged.
Miss America preview
Sherri Lane Bowman, Miss Iowa, 1985, signs autographs before her fashion show Thursday night at Midlands Mall. The show was a send-off for Bowman, who will leave Davenport for Atlantic City on Sept. 6. Nonpareil photo by Dan Koenig.
Miss Iowa taking new role seriously
Sherri Lane Bowman, the newly-crowned Miss Iowa, sits on her bed amidst congratulatory cards and letters and newspaper clippings. Bowman was home last week before heading out to her job as an "ambassador" for the state. Nonpareil photo by Steve…
Welcome Home, Miss Iowa
Sherri Bowman, Miss Iowa for 1985, speaks Wednesday night to a crowd of about 50 that welcomed her home at a reception in Griswold, the town where she won the Miss Nishna Valley title that qualified her for the state pageant. Bowman, 24, of Council…
Bluffs Teach New Miss Iowa
Sherri Lane Bowman
Sherri Bowman is Miss SWI
Sherri L. Bowman
Sherri Lane Bowmen[sic]
Sherri Lane Bowmen[sic]
Bowman, Sherri
Contact sheet showing Sherri Bowman portraits, standing by Miss Iowa car, and sitting on bed reading greeting cards.
Bowman, Sherri
Contact sheet showing Sherri Bowman, Miss Iowa 1985, sitting on a chair, and at the piano