Miss America 1995 swimsuit
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: user
content: McCallum, Heather Whitestone
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Swimsuit is a lime green one piece bathing suit with side rouching and a white lining. This was one of four swimsuits given to Miss America 1995 Heather Whhtestone McCallum during the 1995 Miss America competition. The suit was designed and manufactured by former Miss America 1980 Cheryl Prewitt Salem. The ballet costume, swimsuit, and hearing aid microphone used by Heather Whitestone McCallum in the Miss America 1995 competition, help illustrate the pageant's history and influence on conversations about gender, disability, adaptive technology, and fashion in American life. McCallum, who is deaf, was the first Miss America titleholder with a disability. She was criticized by some in the Deaf community for her reliance on her hearing aid, lip reading, and speaking in vocal English rather than American Sign Language. Whitestone made advocacy for the deaf community her platform during her reign and has continued to work as a motivational speaker and author in the years afterward.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0164.01
label: accession number
content: 2021.0164
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0164.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: swimsuit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, spandex (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 9 in; 63.5 cm x 22.86 cm