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Mrs. Sullivan gives daughter Maureen final inspection before college dance.
Reviewing notes for exam, Maureen kicks off shoes and relaxes in shorts.
Meet Miss Somebody of 1960
Noted photographer Ozzie Sweet picks vivacious
Maureen Sullivan as the first
in a new series of "unknown" cover girls
Photos and text by OZZIE SWEET
Enthusiasm and a big smile inspire West Haven
High School cheering section as well as team.
Yesterday our cover girl, 17-year-old Maureen
Sullivan of West Haven, Conn., was "Miss No
body," like millions of other teen-age girls through
out the country.
"My only claim to fame before you 'discovered
me' for family weekly," she says, "was when my
kindergarten nun picked me to pose as an angel
for Christmas pictures. She said I had a cute nose."
Today Maureen's nose is as pert as ever, but now
she's "Miss Somebody of 1960" to 15 million family
weekly readers. She's the first of a series of
"unknown" girls to be selected from all over the
country to grace the magazine's cover during the
year. Unlike the usual magazine cover girl, each
"Miss Somebody" will have no professional model
ing experience. This will be her first "Miss" title,
perhaps even the start of a career in some cases.
Maureen, a trim 5'-6" (she claims her cheerlead
ing chores at West Haven High School, where she
is a senior, are responsible for her perfect figure) ,
has made no plans for a modeling or acting career
now that she's a national beauty queen.
"I could never be a celebrity," she sighed wear
ily after spending hours in front of my camera
lenses. "It's all too much for me. I could never go
through this every day."
While she rules out a theatrical career, Maureen
does have a firm idea of what's in store for her. She
plans to attend Southern Connecticut State College
next September and afterward embark on an un
usual career that she's had her heart set on since
she was 13.
"I was playing on a beach in Maine when I de
cided what I wanted to do," she recalls. "There was
a man on the beach. At first I thought he was a boy
about 10 years old because he was underdeveloped
and was playing children's games. I was frightened,
but then I found out he was mentally retarded.
Ever since, I've wanted to help such people."
Maureen has serious ideas about her career, but
she has as much fun as any teen-ager. She never
misses a school dance or prom and has her share
of week-end dates.
.. Curfew hour for Maureen is 12:30 ordinarily and
1:30 on dance nights (unless it's a special prom).
"And she's good about the hours, too," her mother
says. "She's been to Yale University (in nearby
New Haven) for dances and recently went to her
first out-of-town college week end."
Right now the most important social activity to
Maureen is her cheerleading. She was one of
13 selected from a student body of nearly 1,800 at
West Haven High, and she works hard at it.
Bowling, ice skating, and homework (she spends
three Tiours a night at it) pretty well take up the
rest of her time. "She's a good student," her prin
cipal attests. "And she couldn't be a cheerleader if
she had any demerits for poor deportment,"
Does she think that being selected as family
weekly's first "Miss Somebody" will bring her
good fortune?
"Just being picked is enough for me," she says,
"but if it should lead to some modeling jobs that will
help me through college, it would be a double bless
ing. Do you really think I'm pretty enough?"
We certainly do think so, Maureen. Modeling
directors, take notice!
COVE
Photographer Ozzie Sweet captures
Maureen Sullivan's natural beauty. She is
the jirst of a series of "unknown" girls who
will grace Family Weekly covers this year
(see above).
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