RANSVESTIA

Now I'll have to call him and try to get you out of this. If you ever make any hare-brain bets like this again I'll fire you and make sure you don't find another job in this or any other town in this state! Now you get back to your desk and get the story of the pageant ready for print, you did get a story didn't you?"

“Yes, sir,” I said. “I'll have it on your desk in 10 minutes sir, and thank you." As I turned to leave he was dialing the phone. I never had a chance to finish my story because five minutes later Mr. Stockton was at my desk and he was raving mad.

"You imbecile, you stupid fool," he yelled. "Dave won't let us out of this bet of yours and by glory you are going to enter that contest next year and you are going to end up in the top 15 or you will have a suit hanging over you that will take you the rest of your life to pay!"

So, that's how it all started. I told my story to my girl friend, Connie, and she said she would help me as much as possible. Connie was in col- lege and majoring in cosmetology with a minor in dietetics so she knew quite a bit about what I would need to know to even have a chance in the contest. She had a great figure and had planned to enter it herself but didn't have the time because of school. She thought it would be a good idea if I was to enter it instead of her. Besides, she said, it would help her in school.

"If I can make you look good enough to enter the contest," she re- marked, "I should have no worries about passing my courses."

For the next six months she had me on a diet to reduce my manly 32 inch waist to a womanly 24. She had me doing exercises to shape my legs and to bring my weight down from 152 to around 128. It took six and a half months but I finally stepped on the scales at 130 lbs. and meas- usered (without pads) 352, 254, 36. We were both very happy about this but she said now that I had made it I would have to keep myself there, at least for the next six months.

Next she started to teach me to put on make-up and nail polish. Hav- ing a light complexion and blond hair, I only had to shave once every two or three days and this was a big help. The first time she made my face up I almost laughed as I looked in the mirror.

"After we get you a wig and get you into a dress," she said, "you'll look a lot better."