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  • At a beauty talent contest, the finalists line up to await the judges decision. The girls are dressed in all their finery with dresses, pinned up hair and sashes as they're seated in the gym at the Bedford-King Recreation Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The black community hold annual events here including sports competitions and occasions such this pageant where the girls and also boys prove their talents and potential. One young lady however, sees fit to poke her tongue out at the viewer in a cheeky display of humour and character. Her rivals seem oblivious and unaware of her irreverence but perhaps the judge is watching and her chances of winning are now impossible!
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  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
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  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
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  • A couple watch Senator John McCain giving a hearfelt speech, conceeding defeat on a live CNN TV screen that is broadcasting live from Phoenix, Arizona the senator's conceeding speech immediately after the TV channel called Obama's victory in the 2008 US presidential elections. A life-sized cut-out of Barack Obama stands to the screen's left and the new President smiles towards the camera but his adversary, John McCain looks across the London pub as if talking to the young couple who sit without expression in this historic political election which saw the election of America's first black Commander in chief. The location is a pub called the Hoop and Toy, in South Kensington, West London which has been opened all night for this special event for the American expatriate community living in this European capital.
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  • Senator John McCain concedes defeat by life-sized cut-out of Barack Obama after overnight 2008 election party in London
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  • Senator John McCain concedes defeat by life-sized cut-out of Barack Obama after overnight 2008 election party in London
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  • Senator John McCain concedes defeat by life-sized cut-out of Barack Obama after overnight 2008 election party in London
    obama_election_night38-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Young couple watch Sarah Palin McCain by life-sized cut-out of Barack Obama after overnight 2008 election London party
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  • Young couple watch John McCain concede defeat by life-sized cut-out of Barack Obama after overnight 2008 election London party
    obama_election_night41-05-11-2008.jpg
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