PHOTOS: Atlanta Concours D’Elegance showcases classic cars

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PHOTOS: Atlanta Concours D’Elegance showcases classic cars

Illona Cardona, also known as "the hat lady of Georgia," poses for photographs by a 1925 Packard during the 2019 Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

People look over a 1956 Lotus during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Victorian model Alexa Horblak walks around the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Car show judge Gary Cobble looks over a 1954 MG during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Ric Green (right) introduces star celebrity Vanessa Williams during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Vanessa Williams, the former Miss America with hit songs and hit TV series to her credit, talks to the crowd during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Singer Vanessa Williams looks over one of the jaguars during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

People photograph a Bugatti Aerolithe during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019 STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

"Back to the Future" impersonators pose for a photograph next to a DeLorean during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Paul Phillips and his wife, Janice, drive up to the awards ceremony in their 1910 Oakland Model 24 Runabout during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen (left) talk cars at theAtlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Reporter Todd Duncan (R) poses for a photograph with James Collier after Collier won the AJC award for his 1932 Chevrolet during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Todd Duncan, an editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (right), poses for a photograph with James Collier after Collier won the AJC award for his 1932 Chevrolet during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019 STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Deanna Browm Thomas, daughter of soul icon James Brown, talks to the crowd at the awards ceremony during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

The crowd looks over a Chevrolet convertible at the awards ceremony during the 2019 Atlanta Concours dâElegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta Sunday, 20 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Steve Weiss takes a photograph of a hood ornament during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Tom Godfrey and his daughter Margaux look over a Porsche during the Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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Illona Cardona, also known as "the hat lady of Georgia," poses for photographs by a 1925 Packard during the 2019 Atlanta Concours D'Elegance car show at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Sunday, October 20, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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