If you tune into the 92nd Miss America pageant this Saturday, make sure you take the contestants and their talents seriously –- you could be looking...
"This contest is key for the visibility of us. We transgender woman suffer a lot from prejudice and discrimination, whether we are pretty or not, rich...
Kirsten Haglund was thrust into the spotlight when she won the 2008 Miss America crown in front of more than 19 million viewers. But before she ever b...
When I would tell people I was in a pageant, their knee-jerk reaction was to laugh and keep laughing until they realized I was serious.
Beauty pageants have a pretty bad rep. Up until 1970 some beauty pageants refused to allow women of color to vie for the crown. Even Miss Black F...
The most recent Miss USA pageant was a sea of staggeringly thin bodies, rock-hard abs and child-size derrieres as far as the eye could see. But there...
Politics is where the power is, so if women desire that power, why does testosterone consume the room when it is time to affect change?
Jenna Talackova still hasn’t announced whether or not she will compete in the Miss Universe pageant. The transgendered Canadian contestant was in...
One of the highlights of the Miss Universe Pageant is when the contestants wear their national costume. However, it's a safe bet that none of these...
"They want to see people who are dynamic...who are good speakers who also have good looks and a young soul...how is able to somehow pass this energy t...
Beauty comes in all sizes. And so do beauty pageants. For more than two decades, the groundbreaking Miss Cicciona pageant has turned heads in Italy...
Text by The Associated Press: The newest Miss World is from the United States. Alexandria Mills, a soft-spoken 18-year-old, was named the winner...
Do we tend to get fairly self-critical, and focus on the negative, instead of the positive, when left to the mercy of that mirror and brutal lighting?
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Nell Shepherd was past her century mark when she competed in her first beauty pageant with a walker and lively stories that ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Cambodian government said Monday it will not allow a "Miss Landmine" beauty pageant to take place later this week, ca...
Perhaps the problem is not so much that Palin isn't very bright (which she isn't) but instead that she is in the wrong race.
