Queen of the day game

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Jolene Brand Model as Model. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. After all four stories were told, the audience determined the winner by applause determined via the "applause meter". The winner won her prizes, plus was bedecked in a sable-trimmed red velvet robe and jeweled crown.

Interspersed between the contestants' stories was fashion commentary. Are you sure you want to go back? Sponsorships poured in. At the beginning of each show, delicate models plugged each advertiser; the show aired taped commercials between segments; and every single prize awarded to the queen of the day was provided by sponsors. At one time, reciting them all at the end of the show took a full 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Contestants like Dorothy and Ruth made it to the top five after a long vetting process, which Marsha F.

The women in the audience who vied to be on the show — some of whom had spent their savings to get to the taping — went away with nothing. The four runners-up got consolation prizes. Then suddenly Bailey was back in the frame, leaning into her bewildered face. Howard Blake later called it the worst program on television.

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More From Medium. Bailey began each interview gently, asking the contestant first about her life and family, and maintaining a positive and upbeat response no matter what she told him.

For instance, when a woman said she had a crippled child, he would ask if her second child was "Okay. The interview would climax with Bailey asking the contestant what she needed most and why she wanted to win the title of Queen for a Day. Often the request was for medical care or therapeutic equipment to help a chronically ill child, but sometimes it was as simple as the need for a hearing aid, a new washing machine, or a refrigerator.

Many women broke down sobbing as they described their plights, and Bailey was always quick to comfort them and offer a clean white handkerchief to dry their eyes. The harsher the circumstances under which the contestant labored, the likelier the studio audience was to ring the applause meter's highest level.

The winner, to the musical accompaniment of "Pomp and Circumstance", would be draped in a sable-trimmed red velvet robe, given a glittering jeweled crown to wear, placed on a velvet-upholstered throne, and handed a dozen long-stemmed roses to hold as she wept, often uncontrollably, while her list of prizes was announced.

The prizes, many of which were donated by sponsoring companies, began with the necessary help the woman had requested, but built from there. They might include a variety of extras, such as a vacation trip, a night on the town with her husband, silver-plated flatware, an array of kitchen appliances, or a selection of fashion clothing.