Beginning in 1925 the Volunteer annually presented the Tennessee Beauties. In 1940 a Beauty Ball was instituted at which the most beautiful girls of the Hill were ceremoniously introduced. Representatives from sororities, the Independent Student Organization, and other nominees constituted the group presented. From the group, a committee of judges, annually composed of art, beauty, and photography critics, selected the 22 to 24 most beautiful girls based on their appearance and their photographs, and the finalists were presented to the student body at the intermission of the Ball. The photographs of the finalists were then sent to a celebrity (such as Clarence Brown, Bing Crosby, or Earl Carroll) who selected the six women considered to be the most beautiful. In 1961–62 the practice of sending the photographs to a celebrity was stopped, and a beauty parade was instituted.