Miss Dodue Competition, 1988 Taking place close to the Croisette was an annual competition to be crowned Miss Dodue. ‘Dodue means plump in French,’ Ridgers explains. ‘It was a common competition in seaside towns and this was quite a famous one.’ Ridgers found this shot while trawling through his vast archive. Stored between his office and a garden room it features more than ‘5,000 prints, 40 years’ worth of negatives and a lot of transparencies.’
((photo realistic)), ((sweet laughing middle-aged larger plump full-figured body type with large wide hips)) (((Caucasian female woman))), ((with short dark blonde curly 1980s hair with curly bangs)), (wearing a very formal orchestra concert tuxedo) with ((black long sleeve high cut cropped Eton jacket)), ((((white tuxedo shirt, with tight high standing wingtip collar, and many thick vertical pleats front)))), (((black diamond point bow tie with black thick adjustable neckband))), black cummerbund, ((black