Monica Patterson Sims, a purchasing agent on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., is crowned Miss Barstow 1974 by the previous Miss Barstow, February 16, 1974 at the Barstow Community Center. Patterson-Sims, an 18-year-old at the time, competed against 12 other young women to win the title. - Monica Patterson Sims, a purchasing agent on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., is crowned Miss Barstow 1974 by the previous Miss Barstow, February 16, 1974 at the Barstow Community Center. Patterson-Sims, an 18-year-old at the time, competed against 12 other young women to win the title.