Backstage at the Alternative Miss World, Brixton, London. 1985.   Backstage at the Alternative Miss World 31 May 1985. The theme that year was Water. AMW has been described as a "pansexual beauty pageant" where the "bizarre is beautiful" The competition uses the same format as Miss World, whereby the contestants are required to wear three separate sets of costumes. In 1985 the organiser Andrew Logan intended the show to be held in Chislehurst caves in south east London, but was thwarted by local protesters over fears about the AIDS pandemic. So at short notice the event relocated to the brixton Academy in south London.