This weekend is the annual Galveston Beach Revue, but Galveston Island's history of bathing beauties on their beaches apparently goes way back. The International Pageant of Pulchritude, also known as ...

At first glance, pulchritude hardly sounds flattering. Between its clunky syllables and harsh consonants, it sounds more like a medical condition than a compliment. Despite how awkward this word ...

After 77 years, Galveston has revived the Pageant of Pulchritude, a bathing beauty contest that was a fixture on the island in the Roaring ’20s. Our very own John Nova Lomax was a judge at the pageant ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...