The First Miss America Beauty Pageant, 1921 Business interests and leisure activities came together on a New Jersey beach, and the Miss America pageant was born. Atlantic City emerged as a beach ...

A Miss England finalist became the first contestant to participate without wearing any makeup in the beauty pageant's 94-year history. 20-year-old Melisa Raouf made it past the semifinals on ...

"They walk away feeling more confident in their beauty, and it's my favorite part of doing this shoot." Askinas believes it's important to show pageant fans that "Miss Universe is a real human ...

Bolivia's President Evo Morales sent his support to the Chilean beauty, praising her "courageous" stance. Her countryfolk were less impressed, with one tweeting: "Miss Chile lives here?

A beauty queen that hounded out of the Miss South Africa contest was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria on Saturday. Chidimma Adetshina, 23, withdrew from the country's competition 'for the safety ...

The recently crowned Miss Kansas, Alexis Smith, is reflecting on courageously calling out her domestic violence abuser who ...

But the drama in question was actually tied to a separate beauty pageant nearly 3,000 miles away. Adetshina had been competing to become Miss South Africa when she became the target of accusations ...

Beauty pageants have an inextricable link to the path of feminism in the U.S., Levey Friedman said. Miss America was started ...

In recent days, the Miss Peru La Pre beauty pageant has been harshly questioned by social media users, as well as former contestants who denounced favoritism when it became known that Kyara ...

Nigeria’s plus size beauty, Ifa Dania (Miss Kwara) has surged to the lead of the Miss Universe Nigeria beauty pageant, just hours before the voting lines closed. Miss Kwara took the lead from ...

The winner of Miss Universe Korea will be decided through a scoring system that considers online voting and judges’ assessments, which Choi said valued both “outer and inner beauty.” ...

After nearly six decades of not participating in the beauty pageant, Cuba has a Miss Universe contestant. Marianela Ancheta, a Cuban-born model and businesswoman based in the United States ...