Miss International Beach Temptress /
Miss Driftwood
One of the more interesting features of Skin Diver magazine in its early
days was the yearly Miss International Beach Temptress Contest (MIBT),
which later became the monthly Miss Driftwood of the Month Contest (MD),
both of which called for submission of photos of ladies in swimwear with
an oceanic/diving theme.
The winners
Here are the first several winners.
(I will gradually add photos until the list is complete.)
| contest
| month,
year
| photograph
| model
| city,
state
| hair,
eyes
| age
| height,
weight,
measure-
ments
| photo-
grapher
|
| MIBT
| August
1959
| 
| Shirley Hart
| ?,
Washington
| ?,
?
| 21
| ?,
?,
35-22-35
| Richard B.
Kornbacher
|
| MIBT
| September
1960
| 
| Margaret Brummett
| LaPorte,
Texas
| brown,
green
| ?
| 5'4",
110 lbs.,
37-22.5-35
| Bill
Crawford
|
| MIBT
| October
1961
| 
| Nancy Lynn
| Fort Worth,
Texas
| brown,
blue
| ?
| ?,
?,
36-23-34
| Pete
de Lackner
|
| MIBT
| November
1962
| 
| Marilyn Hultquist
| LaPorte,
Texas
| brown,
brown
| 18
| ?,
?,
34-23-34
| Howard
Hamil
|
| MD
| January
1963
| 
| Janet Sherrell
| St. Louis,
Missouri
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?,
?,
?
| Jack
Zehrt
|
| MD
| February
1963
| 
| Carole Kremzier
| Scotia,
New York
| ?,
?
| ?
| 5'5",
115 lbs.,
36-22-35
| James A.
Berrigan
|
| MD
| March
1963
| 
| Wyliene Trousdale
| Dayton,
Texas
| ?,
?
| ?
| 5'4",
?,
36-23-35
| Neill
Seelley
|
| MD
| April
1963
| 
| Sharon Lee
| Long Beach,
California
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?,
?,
?
| Jackie F.
Ward
|
| MD
| May
1963
| 
| Marylin Hultquist
[sic]
| La Porte,
Texas
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?,
?,
?
| Howard
Hamil
|
| MD
| June
1963
| 
| Edy Williams
| ?,
?
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?,
?,
37-24-36
| Pete
Thorngren
|
| MD
| July
1963
| 
| Jeanne Marr
| ?,
Southern
California
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?,
?,
36-21.5-36
| Bob
Johnson
|
| MD
| September
1963
| 
| Kathy Demmitt
| Elmhurst,
Illinois
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?,
?,
?
| Delmar
Funk
|
| MD
| October
1963
| 
| Edy Williams
| ?,
?
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?,
?,
?
| Pete
Thorngren
|
| MD
| November
1963
| 
| Renate Bayer
| ?,
California
| ?,
?
| ?
| 5'5",
110 lbs.,
34-23-34
| Wolfgang
Bayer
|
| MD
| December
1963
| 
| Jackie Brock
| ?,
?
| ?,
?
| ?
| 5'2",
?,
34.5-22-35
| Bob
Johnson
|
| MD
| January
1964
| 
| Zena Boodell
| Baytown,
Texas
| ?,
?
| ?
| 5'1.5",
,
35-22-36
| Howard
Hamil
|
| MD
| February
1964
| 
| Sherie Mason
| ?,
Illinois
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?
?,
38-22.5-36
| Anson
Jones
|
| MD
| March
1964
#1
| 
| Louise Jean
| ?,
?
| ?,
?
| 18
| ?
?,
?
| Bob
Steiner
|
| MD
| March
1964
#2
|
| Faye Francis
| Cleveland,
Ohio
| ?,
?
| ?
| ?
?,
?
| Lee
Johnson
|
History of the contests
These two consecutive contests spanned 1959-1966.
The name "Miss Driftwood" appears to have originated from the
regular monthly feature called Driftwood
that featured humorous letters from readers, with humorous replies from the SDM staff.
Readers began submitting photos to this feature,
and soon the photos began to concentrate on ladies in swimsuits with a lot of male banter.
Driftwood logos
The SDM staff must have detected a lot of interest in this section because
suddenly in the May 1959 issue an advertisement appeared in the Driftwood section asking
for submissions to the Miss International Beach Temptress contest.
After a few years the contest name was changed to Miss Driftwood.
First MIBT advertisement, May 1959
References to both contests consisted of photographs,
advertisements, and letters from readers.
Towards the end, around 1965-1966, the contest became very sporadic,
and gaps of several months began to occur between published photos of the winners.
The last Miss Driftwood photo appeared in June 1966.
The historical calendar below shows how all these references were
distributed over time. The general pattern was as follows.
Miss International Beach Temptress (1959-1962)
Each year
the winner's photo would be published around August-October,
then a photo spread of runners-up would follow 1-2 months afterwards.
This timing drifted at the rate of one month later for each subsequent year.
The winner's photo would be the size of one full page,
whereas the runners-up photos would be smaller and all of them would span two pages.
Miss Driftwood (1963-1966)
Starting in January 1963,
following two consecutive months of published photos from the previous contest,
the contest became monthly instead of yearly,
and changed its name to Miss Driftwood of the Month.
For a few months the winners' photos were only about half size,
since they were accompanied by half a page of advertising for the contest.
| year
| January
| February
| March
| April
| May
| June
| July
| August
| September
| October
| November
| December
|
| 1959
| L
| .
| .
| L
| AL
| AL
| L, L
| [PW, L
| L
| PR, L]
| .
| L
|
| 1960
| L
| L
| L
| .
| L
| A, L
| .
| L
| [PW
| L
| PR]
| .
|
| 1961
| L
| .
| .
| .
| .
| .
| A
| A
| .
| [PW, L
| .
| PR, L]
|
| 1962
| L
| .
| L
| L
| A, L
| A, L
| A
| .
| .
| .
| [PW
| PR]
|
| 1963
| [PW]
| [PW]
| [PW]
| [PW]
| [PWA]
| [PWA]
| [PWA]
| .
| [PW]
| [PW]
| [PW]
| [PW]
|
| 1964
| [PW]
| [PW]
| [PW]
| P
| P
| P
| P
| P
| P
| P
| A
| .
|
| 1965
| .
| P
| P
| .
| .
| .
| .
| .
| P
| .
| .
| .
|
| 1966
| .
| .
| P
| .
| .
| P
| .
| .
| .
| .
| .
| .
|
References related to the MIBT and MD contests.
A = advertisement
AL = advertisement in letters section
L = letter
P = photographs
PR = photographs of runners-up
PW = photograph of winner
PWA = photograph of winner + accompanying advertisement on same page
[...] = range of published photos for this contest's match
UP
Updated: June 13, 2007
