You are bad Lois -----Original Message----- From: Lois Arthur [mailto:parish@smithville.net] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 12:02 PM To: RAMEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAMEY-L] Tidbit of info This story points out something I have known since my crown abduction...........Rameys can be stubborn. Nefi -------------ORIGINAL MESSAGE---------- : An interesting bit of info I read from a book called the Ultimate Bathroom : Reader: : : Venus RAMEY was named Miss America in 1944. A few days after she won the : title, Ramey, 19, revealed that she had forged her mother's name on the : contract binding her to the pageant's scheduled promotional appearances- so : it was legally unenforceable. Her reason for the stunt: She wanted to : negotiate her own deals directly with advertisers. : : Pageant officials "invited" RAMEY to New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel, where : they held her while they tried to persuade her to honor the contract. When : that failed, they flew Ramey's mother in to sign the contract for real. She : also refused to cooperate. : : RAMEY never did honor the contract. She embarked on her own tour- which : bombed. RAMEY earned only $8,500 for an entire year on the road. (By : comparison, Miss America 1941 earned an estimated $150,000 during her : reign.) : "I wanted to get into show business," RAMEY complained afterward. "I thought : the pageant would be a good entree. It is, all right--an entree into : oblivion. Forever afterward, you're like a broken-down actress trying to : make a comeback." : : Cindy : : : : ==== RAMEY Mailing List ==== : To UNSUBSCRIBE to this list send a new e-mail to RAMEY-L-request@rootsweb.com or Ramey-D-request@rootsweb.com and in the body type UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else. : ==== RAMEY Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE to this list send a new e-mail to RAMEY-L-request@rootsweb.com or Ramey-D-request@rootsweb.com and in the body type UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else.