Telephone beauty queen . London 's prettiest telephone girl . Miss Elsie Barringer , a tall graceful girl , who is just twenty years old , and who is a telephone operator at the Holborn ( London ) Exchange , has been chosen as the most beautiful telephone operator at a contest held in London where girls of every telephone exchange were represented . Miss Elsie Barringer , the telephone girl 's Beauty Queen working at her switchboard at the Holborn Exchange , London , after her selection as the most beautiful telephone girl . 5 November 1932