“Lesley Hall leads a protest of the Miss Victoria Quest beauty contest”

Title: “Lesley Hall leads a protest of the Miss Victoria Quest beauty contest”
Description: In 1981, Lesley Hall and a group of disability activists protested at the Miss Victoria Beauty Quest (a beauty pagent that was a fundraiser for the Spastic Society in Victoria). The focus on physical perfections was seen “as the norm all must attain if they are to be fully accepted into society”. The protests raised much media attention and marked the beginning of a shift in thinking about the place in Australian society of people with disabilities.
Identifier: AC00054
Publisher: Disability Arts History Australia
datePublished: 1980s
location: Melbourne; Victoria
creator: Lesley Hall
category: Action
Type: Create Action
Format: Text
inLanguage: English
keywords: Disability Politics and Activism, Advocacy and awareness raising
copyrightNotice: © Disability Arts History Australia, Contributed by Annie Rolfe
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20200228024713/https://afdo.org.au/beauty-quests-by-lesley-hall/

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