beauty-pageants

Miss Texas is one of the longest continuously running state pageants in the United States, serving as the official preliminary to Miss America. Founded in 1924, the program sele...

The Miss Congeniality award is a non‑competitive honor recognizing the contestant judged most congenial by fellow competitors. Unlike placement awards tied to scoring, this ac...

The Miss Mexico 2025 runner up was the contestant who placed first runner up in the national pageant that selects Mexico’s representatives to international competitions such a...

Catriona Gray of the Philippines won Miss Universe 2018, crowned by outgoing titleholder Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa at the event held on December 16, 2018, in Bangkok...

The fall beauty pageant season refers to the period when many regional, national, and international pageants hold their competitions in the late summer through autumn months. Th...

Miss Universe USA 2025 follows the established franchise cycle: national application and state competitions lead to a final national pageant, after which the winner represents t...

Name: Alexandra (Alex) Johnson

The 1996 Miss Universe pageant took place on May 17, 1996, at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned by outgoing titleholder Che...

Miss Jamaica Swimsuit is a national pageant segment that selects Jamaica’s representative for the Miss Swimsuit International competition. It functions as a qualifying stage w...

Being a Miss Universe contestant means representing a country or territory in one of the world’s oldest and most recognized beauty pageants, with a focus on advocacy, intellig...