Legal Opinion
Gianna Enterprises v. Miss World (Jersey) Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 6, 1982No. 81 Civ. 8121PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOFAER, District Judge:
Until 1981, two international beauty pageant systems held national beauty contests in the United States. The most well-known of the two, the Miss Universe contest, continues today as it did then, choosing its winner from among the winners of statewide contests, and sending her to compete in the international Miss Universe competition. The Miss World pageant used to work in much the same way. Miss World (U.K.), Miss World (Jersey) Ltd., and Eric Morley, owners of the Miss World competition, would franchise an American company to procure, in accordance with certain…
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