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33: 64: 60:. Such contests were usually done in jest, and votes were more reflective of popularity rather than actual physical unattractiveness. The contests were used as a fundraising vehicle, charging money for each vote cast. 163: 125: 101:. The incident caused controversy on campus, and led the dean to suspend the fraternity for two years, though this punishment was later overturned by a federal judge on 190: 67:, a grassroots charitable organization which raised funds to help soldiers and their families in the aftermath of World War I. 37: 164:"The papers called their fundraising a "moral disgrace", but the Ugly Men saved Australia's poor from hopelessness" 250: 144: 90: 32: 81:
Ugly man contests were regularly held on college campuses in the United States by fraternities, including
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or ice cream suppers) in the United States, often coinciding with a parallel "pretty girl" contest.
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Depalma, Anthony (29 August 1991). "U.S. JUDGE UPHOLDS SPEECH ON CAMPUS".
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held an "ugly woman" contest, in which 18 fraternity members dressed in
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In Australia, a 1917 ugly man competition led to the formation of the
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Ugly Men's Voluntary Worker's Association of Western Australia Inc.
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fraternity is crowned "Ugly Man on Campus" for 1958.
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Ugly man competition

Augustana College
Alpha Phi Omega
beauty contest
ugliest
Ugly Men's Voluntary Worker's Association of Western Australia Inc.
box suppers
pie suppers
Alpha Phi Omega
Georgia Tech
George Mason University
drag
blackface
First Amendment


"Stories From the Past - Old Fashioned Box Suppers"
"Giving back: old-school style"
"The papers called their fundraising a "moral disgrace", but the Ugly Men saved Australia's poor from hopelessness"
ISBN
9780813129792
"Who's the Ugliest Man?"
Categories
Ugliness
Beauty pageants

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