a chaperoned first-class travel world tour which included London for the Coronation season. Smith's Weekly was not involved in later Quests. In 1953, the contest was revised by Bernard J. Dowd to promote the American Hickory lingerie that he marketed in Australia. A panel of Hickory-appointed judges in each state selected a winner based on photos sent it by young women, and then a national panel of Hickory-appointed judges chose the winner, Miss Australia. In 1954, Colin Clay of the Queensland Spastic Welfare League asked Hickory if the Miss Australia competition could be used as a fundraiser for the league. Hickory agreed and from then on the contestants raised money for the league. Each state branch of the league would conduct its own contest to find a state winner, known as Miss Queensland, Miss New South Wales, etc, based on traditional "beauty contest" critieria. They would also award Miss Queensland Charity Queen, Miss New South Wales Charity Queesland, etc to the young woman who raised the most money in each state. The state finalists would then compete in the national competition for Miss Australia and Miss Australia Charity Queen. In 1963, Dowd assigned all rights to the contest to the League. Titleholders 1908 – Alice Buckridge 1926 – Beryl Mills of Geraldton, Western Australia 1927 – Phyllis Von Alwyn of Launceston, Tasmania 1937 – Sheila Martin of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 1946 – Rhonda Kelly 1947 – Judy Gainford 1948 – Beryl James 1949 – Margaret Hughes 1950 – 1952 No Miss Australia as a result of the dispute between Miss Australia 1949 and her chaperon. 1953 – Maxine Morgan 1954 – Shirley Bliss 1955 – Maureen Kistle 1956 – June Finlayson 1957 – Helen Wood 1958 – Pam Mackay 1959 – Joan Stanbury 1960 – Rosemary Fenton 1961 – Tania Verstak 1962 – Tricia Reschke 1964 – Jan Taylor 1965 – Carole Jackson 1966 – Sue Gallie 1967 – Margaret Rohan 1968 – Helen Newton 1969 – Suzanne McClelland 1970 – Rhonda Iffland 1971 – June Wright 1972 - Krystyna Sztanska (Miss Victoria International) 1972 – Gay Walker 1973 – Michelle Downes 1974 – Randy Baker 1975 – Kerry Doyle 1976 – Sharon Betty 1977 – Francene Maras 1978 – Gloria Krope 1979 – Anne Sneddon 1980 – Eleanor Morton 1981 – Melissa Hannan / Leanne Dick 1982 – Jenny Coupland 1983 – Lisa Cornelius 1984 – Maryanne