Days of 47 Parade Beauty Queens

July 24th is called Pioneer day in Utah.  It is a state holiday and many businesses close.  They also have a parade every to year to commemorate the Mormon migration here in 1847.  On July 24th of that year, Brigham Young led a group of pioneers into the valley and stated "this is the place."

The parade boasts many floats, some of which are littered with beauty queens from towns throughout Utah.

Here is what a typical beauty queen looks like:

This queen has two attendants, a tiara, a sash and heels.  They stand upon elaborately decorated floats.  The sash adorns here with the name of her town or city.  Murray is a township located south of Salt Lake City.

Many attendants wear matching dresses.  Here are two from South Jordan wearing red dresses.  Notice they are also wearing tiaras, indicating that they give these to not just the queen.

Miss South Jordan has a more elaborate crown however, and frills to boot.

Utah Valley University was the only college to regale a queen.  The other universities present did not present a queen on their floats.  

Not always do the attendants match, as is evidenced by the bold city of Tooele.

Miss Bluffdale seems to have put some thought in matching her float.

Miss Draper

Miss Riverton is wearing a shirt under her dress, in July, in hot weather.  This is probably not for functionality, but modesty.  To much shoulder perhaps.  Nice tiara.

Miss Lehi was audacious enough to bring four and one half attendants.  She looks like Sailor Moon with all her scouts.  

 The attendants had no trouble showing off their youth by posing and interacting more than perhaps graceful royalty.  

Matching shoes.  Nice.

Miss Sandy matched her attendants unless you count the cat statue of liberty or whatever that thing is.

I like the bangles and belts.