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Visiting Her Parents . . . Dr. and Mrs. LC Nielson is Mrs. Harvey L Goth and daughters, Lori, 5, and Dana, 2, of Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif. Mr. Goth joined his family in Council Bluffs for a weekend and they all visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.…
Honors Surround Kay Nielson, Ball Princess
Miss Nebraska, Miss Iowa . . . and now princess for the Ak-Sar-Ben ball is Miss Kay Nielson.
2 Queens Meet Shape To Shape - Iowa Beauties Excel In Dancing
Two Miss Iowas . . . demonstrate one of the secrets of winning beauty contests. Kay Nielson and Jacque Baker demonstrate the proper technique for catching a judge's eye, keeping the knees together when posing.
Goth, Mrs. Kay(Nielson)
4 August 1959 - Naval Aviation Cadel Gerald A. Dion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Dion of San Francisco, California, in training in the Naval Air Basic Training Command, Pensacola, Fla., escorted Miss Iowa during the final activities of the Miss…
Miss Iowa Receives Flowers
Long Beach, Cal., July 22, 1959 - Miss Iowa, pretty Kay Nielson, stands by a wreath of flowers she received today as a good luck wish from friends in Omaha, Neb., where she worked as a TV program hostess. Miss Nielson is one of the fifteen…
Happy Birthday:
It was the 20th birthday for Jeannine Kay Stratton, center, of Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday as she and other Miss Universe hopefuls paid a visit to Columbia Studios at Hollywood. With Miss South Dakota are Kay Nielson, left, Council Bluffs, Miss Iowa,…
Miss Universe Beauty Pageant
A fitting reward for a summer's hard training was delegated to Airman Recruit Bud Strassberg of Los Angeles, California. Strassberg aided lovely Kay Nielson, "Miss Iowa," in the Miss Universe Pageant in Long Beach. Strassberg, who is attending the…
Miss Universe Beauty Pageant
Airman Recruit Robert M. Christie of Inglewood, California aids lovely Kay Nielson, "Miss Iowa" on her float in the recent Miss Universe Parade held Sunday July 19th. Christie is attending the 85-Day Accelerated Training School at the Naval Air…
Miss Iowa Boards Plane For Long Beach Contest
Dressed For Comfortable Traveling . . . Miss Kay Nielson leaves her home to seek the glory of being "Miss Universe."
Miss Iowa Visits City Council During Permit-Granting Session - Plans Personal Appearance Tour
Council Visitor . . . Kay Nielson, Miss Iowa of 1960, gets a smiling introduction to government proceedings from Mayor Gordon Brown.
Miss Iowa
Arnolds Park, June 29 - Miss Iowa - Twenty-two-year-old Kay Nielson, daughter of Dr. And Mrs. L.C. Nielson, Council Bluffs, was chosen Miss Iowa last night. She will represent her state in the Miss Universe contest at Long Beach, Calif., late in…
Crowning Miss Iowa
Arnolds Park, June 29 - Crowning Miss Iowa - Placing the crown of Miss Iowa on the head of Kay Nielson, 22, of Council Bluffs, is Muriel Fairchild, who recently was crowned Miss Minnesota. The two will compete in the Miss Universe contest at Long…
Miss Universe Hopeful
Arnold's Park, Iowa - June 29 - Miss Universe Hopeful - Kay Nielson of Council Bluffs, a former Miss Nebraska, is Iowa's candidate for Miss Universe honors. She won over 16 other hopefuls last night. In 1957 Kay, at the time a University of Nebraska…
Goth, Mrs. Kay (Nielson)
Kay Nielson in her costume at the Miss Universe contest.
3 Bluffs Students Graduate At Lincoln
Miss Nielson
Kay To Perform Again At 'Miss America' Show
Miss Kay Nielson . . . will return to Atlantic City.
Kay Nielson: The Toast Of Nebraska - Council Bluffs Coed To Vie For Miss America
It Takes Time . . . to bring out a girl's best features, even though she is a beauty queen. Miss Nielson spends "30 to 45 minutes" each morning grooming herself for the day ahead. "That way," she says, "you usually stay presentable all day long."
Kay Nielson: The Toast Of Nebraska - Council Bluffs Coed To Vie For Miss America
Relaxation Time . . . usually finds Miss Nielson catching up on current events. There isn't likely to be much of that this summer. Miss Nebraska's schedule calls for more dancing and speech lessons, "quite a bit of modeling" and dozens of personal…
Kay Nielson: The Toast Of Nebraska - Council Bluffs Coed To Vie For Miss America . . .
Dancing Lessons . . . have been a regular part of Miss Nielson's life since she was 3 years old. Her specialty - interpretive dancing. Until a year ago, she concentrated on ballet, then switched to the more modern form "because I enjoy it more." Mrs.…