Reunion Set for June 21, 2004
NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As the New York City transit system
celebrates its centennial, Ellen Hart, a former 1959 Miss Subways and
currently owner of Ellen's Stardust Diner and Iridium nightclub, wants to help
put its best face forward. Ellen is organizing a Miss Subways reunion and is
asking all former Miss Subways to contact her for a New York City extravaganza
she is planning for June 21. Miss Subways can either call 212-956-5151 or go
to http://www.ellensstardustdiner.com to RSVP.
The reunion will include a brunch, an optional trip down memory lane via
the IRT, photo opportunities and a chance to reminisce about the cache of
being selected Miss Subways. A special show at the Iridium by the
incomparable Les Paul is also being planned for the Miss Subways and their
families. Ellen noted, "We are a part of history. What better time to come
together and celebrate the greatest subway system in the world as it turns
100?"
Some 300 women held the title of Miss Subways from the contest's inception
to its demise in 1976. Ellen Hart has the world's largest collection of Miss
Subways posters, which are on display in Ellen's Stardust Diner. Headlined
"Meet Miss Subways," the first ones appeared in May 1941, introducing "Lovely
New Yorker Mona Freeman, selected by John Robert Powers, Famous Beauty
Authority." Miss Freemen went on to become a successful model and then to
star in some 20 movies. The contest inspired Leonard Bernstein's 1944 musical
On the Town, which featured a "Miss Turnstiles."
Beginning in 1963, riders were asked to vote on their choice of Miss
Subways. Photographs of six women were placed in subway cars and riders would
send in letters voting for their favorite. Winners were given bracelets with
gold plated (later silver plated) subway tokens. Many also received marriage
proposals and modeling or acting contracts.
With high hopes that the Transit Authority will create a new contest,
Ellen Hart looks forward to reminiscing with her sister Miss Subways on June
21st, and looking back on the history they -- and the New York subway system
-- have made.
SOURCE Ellen's Stardust Diner
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Related links:
http://www.ellensstardustdiner.com
CONTACT:
Scott Barbarino, +1-212-956-5151, or Lisa
Daglian, +1-212-237-3899, both for Ellen's Stardust Diner
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