PAGEANT HISTORY

The Miss Long Beach Pageant was created by the Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1950. After the Pageant's dormancy, beginning in 1979 due to a lack of community funding and support, the event was revived in 1985. The first "Miss Teen Long Beach" was selected in 1995. The pageants were transferred to Justin Rudd and his nonprofit 501c3 Community Action Team (C.A.T.) in late Dec. 2008, and 2009 will mark the addition of the "Little Miss" and "Mrs." titles, as well as the addition of the Little Miss/Teen/Miss and Mrs. Southern California designations.