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Violet got the opportunity to be in "Eight Girls in a Boat" by winning "The Search for Beauty Contest" sponsored by Paramount Pictures that was held on the "Goodtime" steamer sailing out of the East Ninth Street Pier in Cleveland, Ohio on August 11, 1933. Similar contests were held in 7 other American cities. The flyer announcing the contest promised, "Some pretty Cleveland girl will be on her way to a dressing room beside that of Marlene Dietrich before August 25th."