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'''Rachel Finnocio''' (born May 15, 1948)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278318/ |title=Rachel Harlow |website=IMDb |accessdate=4 Dec 2022 }}</ref>, known professionally as '''Rachel Harlow''', is an American [[Beauty pageant|pageant queen]], model, and businesswoman. She is best known for her appearance in the documentary [[The Queen (1968 film)|''The Queen'']] (1968) following the 1967 Miss All-America [[Drag pageantry|Camp Beauty Contest]], which she competed in and eventually won.
'''Rachel Finnocio''' (born May 15, 1948)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278318/ |title=Rachel Harlow |website=IMDb |accessdate=4 Dec 2022 }}</ref>, known professionally as '''Rachel Harlow''', is an American [[Beauty pageant|pageant queen]], model, and businesswoman. She is best known for her appearance in the documentary [[The Queen (1968 film)|''The Queen'']] (1968) following the 1967 Miss All-America [[Drag pageantry|Camp Beauty Contest]], which she competed in and eventually won.<ref name="change">{{cite news |last=Petzold |first=Charles |date=28 January 1972 |title=Harlow 'Couldn't Be Happier' At Sex Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184499974/?clipping_id=20106666&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NDQ5OTk3NCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc1OTE1LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjIzMTV9.cx7hzlQabw54kO3JI2sA_wJN3EsItZcqzObrCfic8Ug |work= Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>


After her appearance in the documentary, Harlow became a local celebrity in [[Philadelphia]], undergoing [[gender transition]] and opening her own [[nightclub]] called Harlow's. She is also notable for her romance with [[city council|Philadelphia City Council]] member [[Jack Kelly Jr. (rower)|Jack Kelly Jr.]], a scandal which eventually forced him to withdraw his candidacy from the [[1975 Philadelphia mayoral election]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Leigh |first=Wendy |author-link= |date=10 June 2008 |title=True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kyEjXMrvBJ4C&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=rachel+harlow&source=bl&ots=YcLQNRAsdG&sig=ACfU3U1YYkxcS5ys4g2ZsUlapmNl2B6PBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjujaWU2N77AhUBJzQIHcwkCnc4FBDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=rachel%20harlow&f=false |location= |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |page=219–220 |isbn=978-0312381943}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Oppenheimer |first=Jerry |date=22 April 2017 |title=The scandalous secrets lurking in Grace Kelly’s home |url=https://pagesix.com/2017/04/22/the-scandalous-secrets-lurking-in-grace-kellys-home/ |work=Page Six |location= |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>
After her appearance in the documentary, Harlow became a local celebrity in [[Philadelphia]], undergoing [[gender transition]] and opening her own [[nightclub]] called Harlow's. She is also notable for her romance with [[city council|Philadelphia City Council]] member [[Jack Kelly Jr. (rower)|Jack Kelly Jr.]], a scandal which eventually forced him to withdraw his candidacy from the [[1975 Philadelphia mayoral election]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Leigh |first=Wendy |author-link= |date=10 June 2008 |title=True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kyEjXMrvBJ4C&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=rachel+harlow&source=bl&ots=YcLQNRAsdG&sig=ACfU3U1YYkxcS5ys4g2ZsUlapmNl2B6PBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjujaWU2N77AhUBJzQIHcwkCnc4FBDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=rachel%20harlow&f=false |location= |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |page=219–220 |isbn=978-0312381943}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Oppenheimer |first=Jerry |date=22 April 2017 |title=The scandalous secrets lurking in Grace Kelly’s home |url=https://pagesix.com/2017/04/22/the-scandalous-secrets-lurking-in-grace-kellys-home/ |work=Page Six |location= |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Harlow was born on May 15, 1948 and grew up in [[South Philadelphia]], graduating from [[South Philadelphia High School]] in 1965. A [[transgender woman]], Harlow had displayed feminine qualities from as early as five years old, and she has stated that [[Blood test|tests]] taken when she was 15 indicated she had naturally very low levels of [[Androgen|male hormones]].<ref name="liberated">{{cite news |last=McMullen |first=Larry |date=8 May 1973 |title=A Liberated Human Being |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184431297/?clipping_id=20106623&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NDQzMTI5NywiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MDM0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI0MzR9.gh6-1mp_lS0EFZF41Zve97yBMpwbX83rzrMayqXmPAA |work=Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>
Harlow grew up in [[South Philadelphia]], graduating from [[South Philadelphia High School]] in 1965.<ref name="drag">{{cite news |last=Petzold |first=Charles |date=21 January 1971 |title=For Harlow, Life Is a Cheerful Drag |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184951118/?clipping_id=20111859&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NDk1MTExOCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc1ODEzLCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjIyMTN9.f09l-Cc55o0GeVHpxtvdW1bL-yLzgnFF6nR9Hr597SQ |url-status= |work=Philadelphia Daily News|access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref> A [[transgender woman]], Harlow had displayed feminine qualities from as early as five years old, and she has stated that [[Blood test|tests]] taken at age 15 indicated she had naturally very low levels of [[Androgen|male hormones]].<ref name="liberated">{{cite news |last=McMullen |first=Larry |date=8 May 1973 |title=A Liberated Human Being |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184431297/?clipping_id=20106623&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NDQzMTI5NywiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MDM0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI0MzR9.gh6-1mp_lS0EFZF41Zve97yBMpwbX83rzrMayqXmPAA |work=Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |last=Corr |first=John |date=18 April 1989 |title=At Harlow's, Rachel is back in the Center City spotlight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177744437/?clipping_id=20106023&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3Nzc0NDQzNywiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MjY0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI2NjR9.0tA-2-dn_-gRHj1VBAm8NNeDR_ggN-l5Awch46HW6lg |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>


==Film appearances==
==Film appearances==
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<ref>{{cite news |last=Petzold |first=Charles |date=21 January 1971 |title=For Harlow, Life Is a Cheerful Drag |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184951118/?clipping_id=20111859&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NDk1MTExOCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc1ODEzLCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjIyMTN9.f09l-Cc55o0GeVHpxtvdW1bL-yLzgnFF6nR9Hr597SQ |url-status= |work=Philadelphia Daily News|access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite news |last=Petzold |first=Charles |date=28 January 1972 |title=Harlow 'Couldn't Be Happier' At Sex Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/184499974/?clipping_id=20106666&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NDQ5OTk3NCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc1OTE1LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjIzMTV9.cx7hzlQabw54kO3JI2sA_wJN3EsItZcqzObrCfic8Ug |work= Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>


<ref>{{cite news |date=20 September 1973 |title=He Changed Sex; Now She Changes Name |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/180344529/?clipping_id=20106382&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4MDM0NDUyOSwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MTc0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI1NzR9.T-XAjc3sM7xkGZ-pqVXAaOeNhxeicf24KG8C7N5anUk |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |date=20 September 1973 |title=He Changed Sex; Now She Changes Name |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/180344529/?clipping_id=20106382&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4MDM0NDUyOSwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MTc0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI1NzR9.T-XAjc3sM7xkGZ-pqVXAaOeNhxeicf24KG8C7N5anUk |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>


<ref>{{cite news |last=Corr |first=John |date=18 April 1989 |title=Different, yet the same |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177744120/?clipping_id=20105997&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3Nzc0NDEyMCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MzE5LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI3MTl9.Nn78SWtjnu7fFsWi6Z5C0H0BDrA_Zxaj0Yu7IjSy9i0 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |last=Corr |first=John |date=18 April 1989 |title=Different, yet the same |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177744120/?clipping_id=20105997&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3Nzc0NDEyMCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MzE5LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI3MTl9.Nn78SWtjnu7fFsWi6Z5C0H0BDrA_Zxaj0Yu7IjSy9i0 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |last=Corr |first=John |date=18 April 1989 |title=At Harlow's, Rachel is back in the Center City spotlight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177744437/?clipping_id=20106023&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3Nzc0NDQzNywiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTc2MjY0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAyNjI2NjR9.0tA-2-dn_-gRHj1VBAm8NNeDR_ggN-l5Awch46HW6lg |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>


<ref>{{cite news |last=Bykofsky |first=Stu |date=29 July 1991 |title=Living apart |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186533454/?clipping_id=20105895&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NjUzMzQ1NCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTEyOTA0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAxOTkzMDR9.Ss74O4JPI04EOqARgolkvZudln9N6uJ9aBlX6zQylx8 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |last=Bykofsky |first=Stu |date=29 July 1991 |title=Living apart |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186533454/?clipping_id=20105895&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4NjUzMzQ1NCwiaWF0IjoxNjcwMTEyOTA0LCJleHAiOjE2NzAxOTkzMDR9.Ss74O4JPI04EOqARgolkvZudln9N6uJ9aBlX6zQylx8 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=4 Dec 2022}}</ref>

Revision as of 23:17, 4 December 2022

Rachel Finnocio (born May 15, 1948)[1], known professionally as Rachel Harlow, is an American pageant queen, model, and businesswoman. She is best known for her appearance in the documentary The Queen (1968) following the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest, which she competed in and eventually won.[2]

After her appearance in the documentary, Harlow became a local celebrity in Philadelphia, undergoing gender transition and opening her own nightclub called Harlow's. She is also notable for her romance with Philadelphia City Council member Jack Kelly Jr., a scandal which eventually forced him to withdraw his candidacy from the 1975 Philadelphia mayoral election.[3][4]

Early life

Harlow grew up in South Philadelphia, graduating from South Philadelphia High School in 1965.[5] A transgender woman, Harlow had displayed feminine qualities from as early as five years old, and she has stated that tests taken at age 15 indicated she had naturally very low levels of male hormones.[6] [7]

Film appearances

Affair with Jack Kelly Jr

Later life

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

  1. ^ "Rachel Harlow". IMDb. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  2. ^ Petzold, Charles (28 January 1972). "Harlow 'Couldn't Be Happier' At Sex Change". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  3. ^ Leigh, Wendy (10 June 2008). True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 219–220. ISBN 978-0312381943.
  4. ^ Oppenheimer, Jerry (22 April 2017). "The scandalous secrets lurking in Grace Kelly's home". Page Six. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  5. ^ Petzold, Charles (21 January 1971). "For Harlow, Life Is a Cheerful Drag". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  6. ^ McMullen, Larry (8 May 1973). "A Liberated Human Being". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  7. ^ Corr, John (18 April 1989). "At Harlow's, Rachel is back in the Center City spotlight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  8. ^ "He Changed Sex; Now She Changes Name". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 20 September 1973. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  9. ^ Corr, John (18 April 1989). "Different, yet the same". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  10. ^ Bykofsky, Stu (29 July 1991). "Living apart". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
  11. ^ Adamson, April (16 November 1998). "It's Harlow!". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 4 Dec 2022.
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