Our Town NY takes readers inside Ellen Hart's Miss Subways reunion and 85th birthday bash, complete with a Marilyn Monroe tribute and Hart's own candid reflections on a changed city.Read More
QNS celebrates Ellen Hart's 85th birthday and the 85th anniversary of Miss Subways, the pageant that first crowned her in 1959, with a look back at the reunion and the City's official Appreciation Day proclamation.Read More
A local news feature honors Ellen Hart's 85th birthday and the City's declaration of Ellen's Stardust Diner Appreciation Day, spotlighting the groundbreaking Miss Subways contest that first put Hart in the spotlight in 1959.Read More
A local news feature revisits the Miss Subways tradition this week, spotlighting the everyday women who wore the crown and the legacy that still lives on at Ellen's Stardust Diner. Let me know if this is for a different post than I'm assuming, or if you want it to lean more toward the birthday/reunion angle...Read More
Yes, there is an Ellen behind all this. Once upon a time, Ellen Sturm was a Miss Subways. That was back in 1959 when, as Ellen Hart, her picture adorned every subway car in New York City for two months. She hasn’t forgotten her underground roots, though, and among the programs she features in the...Read More
Yes, there is an Ellen behind all this. Once upon a time, Ellen Sturm was a Miss Subways. That was back in 1959 when, as Ellen Hart, her picture adorned every subway car in New York City for two months. She hasn’t forgotten her underground roots, though, and among the programs she features in the...Read More
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Unlike most beauty shows, one contest in New York City celebrates the everyday girl who’s remarkable in their own right. Miss Subways is a name synonymous with the city. Former winners Maureen Walsh Roaldsen and Shirley Martin join New York Living to discuss their lives after winning the Miss Subways contest...Read More
The subways used to be a lot prettier. And now the timeless beauties who once reigned as “Miss Subways,” and had their faces plastered on train posters, are having a reunion at Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square May 2.Read More
