The New Yorker

Elements Noticed:-The setting appears to be taking place in some type of beauty pageant.
-I'm going to take a guess and say from the style of the other women's looks and swimsuits that this contest is taking place in the 1950s or early 1960s.
-The color appears to be in an older style.
-The women other then Miss New York seem to be of a cookie cutter model. These include blonde hair, large smile, big doll like eyes, etc.
-Miss New York seems alot more serious and alot less friendly then the other models.
-The outfits of the women seem to fit a prepurpose molding unlike Miss New York who dons a black bikini top and sports run way model serious look.

Patterns
-The other states all seem to end with the letter "A." (Major Similarity in Southern States)
-The other models all share a common blank stare with a major smile and blonde hair.
-The other models share a similar outfit. (Nothing to separate them from the others)
-"York" appears twice on the calendar.

My Description
 In this magazine cover, it appears to be of a 1950s beauty pageant. All the states shown appear to have nothing that separates them from the pack; they follow a cookie cutter recipe of tan skin, blonde hair, wide mouth, doll like eyes, and single piece bathing suit. They look like an assembly of life size Barbie Dolls glimmering for attention, like a child trying to pick which doll to play with today. But not all of these models follow the predetermined mold...

 Then we see Miss New York and she is her own individual. She dons black hair, white porcelain skin, eyebrows that streak across her face, a black bikini, and a stare that could cut through steel. For me, it is an excellent representation of New Yorkers. It show the sunshine states all looking so much like the other; a stupid smile on their face and a stepford wives body. Nothing is flashy or represents them as an individual, but Miss New York is her own person with a take no crap personality and no "beating around the bush" mentality. For me, her face just gives off a message like, "Hey, this is New York. If you want to get some serious work and wealth here then come, but don't expect to succeed if you come here with a sunshine state attitude and bobblehead career dreams."