Alternative Miss World/unit 4

What is the Alternative Miss World?

Started in 1972, The Alternative Miss World is not about beauty - it's about transformation - and when it comes to costume absolutely anything goes. Like the real Miss World there is day wear, swim-wear and evening wear and the all important personality interview! But Logan refuses to let anyone rehearse, and anything can - and often does - happen. It’s about creative free-reign, about the ordinary becoming extraordinary. Contestants over the years have been famous and infamous, celebrated and unknown, a parade of freaks, fops, show off’s and drag queens... including Andrew's many friends and family! The climax is a tear stained coronation with Logan's dazzling Crown Jewels made of broken mirrors.

Party

Film/Photography: Film-maker Jack Hazan recorded it and used shots as the party scene in his film A Bigger Splash about David Hockney's life.Photographed by Alain Le Garsmuir.Maggi Hambling:"My first experience of Alternative Miss World is unforgettable. The air was alive with an unusual union of extravaganza and espirt de corps...... a throng of flesh in celebration. Andrew Logan as our Host/Hostess was at once regal and genial, hilarious and resplendent. The vision of his personage remains with me as the most inspired of all: a work of art that was magical, moving and so divinely sensual. It gives me great pleasure!"

Who was there?

Patrick Steed - Miss Yorkshire FIRST ALTERNATIVE MISS WORLD (Patrick originally wrote Sebastiane - which became Jarman's first feature in 1975)

Joanne Carole (nee Wojetch) -

Derek Jarman - Mrs Hippy (or is it Miss Issippi?)

Hermine Demoriane -

Kevin Whitney - (now Olympic artist)

Jill Bruce

Keith from Smile (only had one costume!)

Keith's mate Pam

Andrew logan's miss world

Film/Photography:Filmed by Derek Jarman on Super 8, creating a 25 minute film.Photographed by Laurie Lewis, Johnny Dewe Mathews, Mick Rock and Judy Moraes.Telegram from Miss Scotland to Andrew Logan:MISS SCOTLAND REGRETS SHE IS UNABLE TO COMPETE TODAY CLARICESHE IS GONE TO ABERDEEN TO BE CROWNED HIGHLAND QUEEN MISS SCOTLAND REGRETS

Who was there?

Winner: Miss Holland Park Walk - Délorès de la Mañana (Eric Roberts)

Miss Twinny - Dana Doherty

Miss Electric Element - Jill Bruce

Miss Zorro-Sorrows - Ulla Larson

Nina Haws your Knockers - Louise Doktor

Miss Georgia - Karl Bowen

Miss St German Des Prés - Juliete Laroux (Kevin Whitney)

Miss Oxford North - Janet Slee

Miss Cordelia - Daniel Barrett

Miss Cape Cod - Butterfly Pinkerton (Joanne Wojetch -now Joanne Carole)

Rita Ritz - Diane Logan

Miss Southern Comfort - Fran Fullenwider

Miss Holywood - Lesley Sunderland

Miss Runfold - Gigi BethuneLittle

Miss Wonderful - Aggie Elsdon

Miss-L-Anius - Louise Walker

Miss Gerlinda - Gerlinda Zweck

Miss Synthetic - Gerald Incandella

Miss Odessa - Volga Ukrainauitch (Peter Logan)

Wild

Filmed by Peter Logan (film destroyed in fire which destroyed Peter and Diane's studio in Butlers Wharf)Also filmed by Marc Balet (Super8)Photographed by Brian Angel, Robyn Beeche, Joe Gaffney, Barry Lattegan, Mick Rock, Tim Street Porter and John Timbers.

Who was there?

Winner: Miss Crepe Suzette (Derek Jarman)

Miss Lora LustMiss Teri

Miss Worse

Miss Gloria Peaphardt

Miss Janes Treat-Snorter

Miss Worlds EndMiss Siam

Miss Allsorts

Miss Beaulah Jones

Ms Dali

Miss Rockette

Miss Greta GorbalsMiss Female Trouble

Miss Fifi Ooh-La-La

Miss Bondage

Miss Used (Gaby Longhi)

Miss Ziggy von Stalingrad

Miss Hackney

Miss Babylon (Michael Kostiff)

Miss OgynistMiss Rita Gabor;

Miss SinflationThe Rt Hon Quirrilla Quill

Miss Crepe Suzette (the late Derek Jarman)

Johnny Kosher

The Kitsch N Bitch

Miss Banana Republic

Miss Vickiand Ms Williams

Circus

1979 Alternative Miss World Film premieres at Odeon Leicester Square on 15th November. The film received an injunction, from the organisers of the annual Miss World beauty pageant. The case was thrown out of court on appeal by the judge, Lord Denning, who opines that no-one was likely to confuse the two events. One of the defence team barristers was Tony Blair.1980 Alternative Miss World film premieres at Cannes Film Festival. Logan and a crew including Molly Parkin Sarah Parkin and Divine make a splash literally in a comical press opportunity on the beach as Andrew leads the photographers deeper into the water.

Who was there?

Jenny Runacre Miss Slightly Misanthropic

Kevin Whitney

Gerlinda Von Regensburg Miss Proposition13

Ricardo Vasquez de Velasco Miss Peru

Sarah Parkin (now Sarah Lieberson) Miss Marilyn

Sophie Parkin Miss Wildlife

John Maybury Miss Windscale Nuclear Reactor

Nigel Adey Miss Wolverhampton Municipal baths

Joan De Vere Hunt Miss Moonshine

Rebecca Du Pont De Bie Miss Cherry Cocktail

Stephen Holt Miss Bronx

Janet Slee Miss Handled (with assistant John Hopwood)

William Waldron Miss Cruella Cardinale

Emma Harrison Miss Snow White

Jill Bruce Miss Earth

Rosemary Gibb Miss Piss

Royal Imperial

Film/Photography:Filmed by After Image as a 25 minute video for Channel Four.Photographed by Robyn Beeche and Robert Rosen.Cabaret Cheek to Cheek History of Dance, a benefit in aid of the Alternative Miss World Financial Fiasco Fund, was staged in Heaven night club, under the arches of Charing Cross Station, London.

Who was there?

Winner: Miss Aldershot (Michael Haynes), accompanied onstage by the Band of the Irish Guards and a choir

Miss Binnie (Christine Binnie),

Miss Ruislip (Michelle Hanson),

Miss Tiffany-Cartier (Judy Blame),

Miss Egypt Revisited (Janet Slee),

Miss Windsurfer (Wilma Johnson),

Miss Celestial Firmament (Jill Smith),

Miss Easy Rider (Jen Binnie),

Miss La Mort (Stephen Chamberlain),

Miss Potato (Bianca Juarez / Stephen Jones),

Miss Frozen Assets,

Miss Aphrodite,

Miss Fire,

Miss Whitebait,

Miss Conception,

Miss Ordinary Laura,

Miss Interplanetary Sweetheart,

Miss Deadbore,

Miss E-lizard-beth III,

Miss Plaice,

Miss Camille,

Miss Flora,

Miss Trindy Aurora,

Miss Fit,

Miss Duchess of Malfry,

Miss 2002 a Space Oddity,

Miss Ready to Wear,

Miss Off Colour

Miss Black Mass

Water

Film/Photography: Filmed by Wolfgang Ebert, creating a 25 minute programme for German television (Z.D.F.).Photographed by Robyn Beeche.

Who was there?

Winner: Miss R.O.S.A.B.O.S.O.M. (Bruce Lacey's robot)

Miss Fine Art (Linda Flowers)

Miss Tuna-Turner (Johnny Rosza),

Miss Demeanour (McArthur Newton)

Miss Pastamatic (Nigel Adey)

Miss Phoenix (Quentin Logan)

Miss Portsmouth (Michael Haynes)

Miss Beauty with Cruelty (Fiona Rae)

Miss Maritime (Jenny Runacre)

Miss Ogynist (Jennie Binnie)

Neptunes Silver Nymph (Diana James)

Miss Leigh Bowery (Leigh Bowery)

Miss Singh at Sea (Peter Hammond)

Miss Mills and Boon (John Lys Turner)

Miss Jacuzzi Floozi (Laurence)

Miss Salmo nella (Julie Speechly)

Miss Continental Cartoon (Lucinda Sieger)

Princess of Whales (Janet Slee)

Miss Atlantis (Joan de Vere Hunt)

Miss Universe (Christine Binnie)

Miss Sacrilege a Fallen Angel (Bouke De Vries)

Miss Re-Fit The Salvage Operation (Richard Sharples)

Miss Bahmanda (Bee Willey)

Miss M aryunfaithful (Georgette Frank)

Miss Your Ideal Miss (Andy Pappas)

Miss Adventure in Brine (Mathew Harden)

Miss Full Moon Reflecting on the Hot Ocean (Suzanna McQuilan)

Earth

Film/Photography: Filmed by After Image for the Channel Four television arts magazine programme Alter Image.Photographed by Robyn Beeche and Tim Hawkins.

Who was there?

Winner: Miss National Geographic (Jenny Runacre)

Miss Brown Oil Miss Cora the Earth

Miss Galaxina Miss St Grayson of Essex

Miss Born Again Christine

Miss Fuck It (Leigh Bowery)

Miss Governed As

Miss Mother Earth No 6

Miss Ophelia Bits

Miss What On Earth

Miss L Toe

Miss Tree

Miss Fallopia and the Ovarian Sisters

Miss Conception

Air

Film/Photography: Filmed by Colin Clark on Super 8 and as a 24 minute video.And unknown TV crew - 75min video Photographed by Robyn Beeche and Joe Gaffney.

Who was there?

Winner: Miss Gale Force Wind (Burnel Penhaul)

Miss Which came First (Quentin Logan)

Miss Von Willendorf (Hermione Demoriane)

Ms Heir Apparent (Janet Slee)

Miss Magickal Messiah (Gaile McConaghie)

Miss Gone With The Wind (Maria Avino)

Miss Defying Gravity (Lucinda Sieger)

Miss Midlands South East (Jon Turner)

Miss Fluffy and the Inflatables (Marco Erbi, Jo Moise and Hector Ktorides)

Miss Flore nce Foster-Jenkins II (Dicky Chopping)

Miss Meringue (Lisa Carew)

Miss Wood Green Shopping City (Ginny Harold)

Miss Victoriana Ozone (John Ball)

Miss Ts of Avalon (Binnie sisters, Neo-Naturists and Friends)

Miss Airhead (Dominie Kitaj)

Fire

Film/Photography: Filmed by Rebel Penfold Russell as a 37 minute video as a gift for Logan's fiftieth birthday.Photographed by Rose Beddington and Carolyn Bates

Who was there?

Winner: Mademoiselle Jean DArc (Molly Burnel) Contestants : The Misses Wyrd (Christine and Jennifer Binnie)

Pyromani-Anna (Lisa Coleman)

Miss Eternity Blase (Dai Matthews)

Miss Amy Lame (Amy Lame)

Miss Phoenix (Quentin Logan )

Miss Firing Line (Cloud Downey)

Madame Tickle (Lyall) Marilyn (Marilyn Coleman)

Made moiselle Jea n dArc (Molly Burnell)

Miss Global Warming (Jon Turner)

Miss Utility (Janet Slee)

The Bird of Fire (Irena Zhivago)

Factor 8 (Steve & Steve)

Moti Roti (Keith Khan)

Phoebus Apollo (Anna Zolotuhin)

Fifitrixiebelle (Oliver)

Dandy Dust (Marc Harriet)

Fizzy (Fizzy Young)

Russian Entry (Andrei Bartenev)

Void

Film/Photography: Filmed by Rebel Penfold Russell.Edited by Matthew Noel-Tod.Photographed by Carolyn Bates, Rose Beddington and Sheila Rock.

Who was there?

Winner: Miss Pani Bronua, a Russian lady in her 70s

Miss Know and Miss Know (Jennifer and Christine Binnie)

Miss Diva-Mexa (Gayk Simonyan)

Miss Bermuda (Lisa Carew)

Miss Help Russia (Andrei Bartenev)

Miss M T Place (Janet Slee)

Kali-Hades

Miss Kiss This (Burnel Penhaul)

Miss Antique in Future (Yasha)

Miss Sunyata (Cloud Downey)

Miss Black Hole (John Lys Turner)

Miss Pani Bronua (Petlura, Russia)

Miss Void of Cottage Cheese (Amy Lame)

Miss Void

Miss By Death Demeanour (Alexander Schady & Rochelle Fry)

Miss A Void Me At All Cost (Lucy Atkinson)

Miss Solar Sister (Irena Kuksenaite)

Miss Noma O'Void (Piers Atkinson)

Miss Natasha Narcotica (Anna Zolotuhin)

Miss Ing (Enda McGrattan)

Miss Rubbercare (Crispy Sanders)

Miss Fate

Blue Man (Natalia and Olga)

Universe

Film/Photography: Photographed by Jes BenstockStills by Paul Morgan, Minnie Weiss.

Who was there?

Winner: Miss Secret Sounds of Sunbird Rising, CCCP

Miss Placed Enthusiasm

Miss Universal Appeal

Miss Sun of a Gone

Miss Big Bang

Osama Gud Fabriques

Miss MisFitty Universally Pretty

Miss Business Keeps the Universe Turning

Miss Secret Sounds of Sunbird Rising CCCP

Miss UFO Miss Voyager

Miss Jarman Blue

Miss Ice Scream Eyes 3rd

Miss Nigeria 2nd

Miss Parallel Universe