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While the original pageant wasn't without its share of problems or controversy (the lack of racial diversity was noted by journalists at the 1937 relaunch) there is something to be said about the plucky charm of a tomboy like Billie Hallam being crowned one of Canada's most beautiful women the morning before her next softball game. But that charm, like everything viewed through the lens of time, is something that has been smoothed over through each decade until those memories are pearly perfect from our vantage point. For all we know the 1940s or 50s might have seen Nancy Morris' roll coiled hairdo as embarrassingly as we see the Miss Canada 1991 'Get On Your Feet' dance routine. Maybe the historians of the 2060s will look back on Miss Canada 1991 and muse on its simple charm, presumably compared to the wasteland left by SkyNet's takeover of Earth and the ongoing war with the T-101 Terminators. Only time will tell.

One thing we can all agree on is that the past, while always a great source of inspiration for style, is best left in the past.

Rest in peace Miss Toronto pageant.