What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Princess Dinubolu Arrived at this station in August 1908 on her way to Southend Kursaal. The first woman of colour known to have entered a British Beauty Pageant Recorded plaque organisation: Essex Women's Commemoration Project.
Princess Dinubolu was a pioneering figure as the first woman of colour known to have participated in a British beauty pageant, entering the Southend Kursaal event in 1908, thus challenging racial norms of her time.
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