In 1958, an Atlanta publicity firm came to Georgia Tech’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity house with a proposition. They were promoting the film Alexander the Great, and volunteers were asked to help.
Dressed as Diogenes, the Greek philosopher who searched for truth, we were not supposed to find truth, but instead we sought the most beautiful woman in Atlanta. The brother who found this woman would have a date with Gina Lollobrigida, who was coming to Atlanta to promote the film Trapeze.
I found my beauty in an Atlanta bar, and she was picked as the most beautiful. But Lollobrigida was pregnant, so she couldn’t come.
Tina Louise was in Atlanta for her film God’s Little Acre, a very sexy film at that time. I had a dinner date with Tina and took her to the Beta home. We acted out the part when Tina put her hand on her lover’s leg around the corner of the cabin.
I never saw the woman from the bar again. She was older and more mature than me. Good times at the Beta house.
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Above: Joe Holt, IM 58, front row, at right, poses next to the mystery woman he found who won the “most beautiful” contest put on by an Atlanta marketing firm.
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