Beauty is in the eye of the gun holder. And Gaylean Dunn, of the Van Nuys division, was that gun holder.

Thirteen policewomen cried 211 as Dunn created a 415 with her 484 of the LAPD beauty contest crown. She was named “Miss Fuzz.”

The year was 1972.

Photo from UCLA Library Digital Collections

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