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...
Should the Miss Universe pageant be re-named Mrs. Universe? While watching the evening gown portion of Miss Universe 2012 Wednesday, we noticed do...
It was a good night for American pride as Miss USA took home the title of "Miss Universe 2012." Olivia Culpa's win marked the first time since 1997 th...
I regret the loss of the word smut. It sounded so repugnant, loathsome and detestable. By itself, the word sneered. It dripped with contempt; it rhymed with slut. Smut is too good a word to lose. We must find a new meaning for it.
As a little girl, I aspired to be many things when I grew up, but a pageant queen was not on that list. That didn't stop me from being curious about those glamorous, world peace-loving, dazzling beauties. I talked to some current and former beauty pageant queens to learn more.
"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...
Forget the battle fatigues and boots. For 39 women whose usual work clothes are anything but sexy, Sunday's first-ever Ms. Veteran America: The Wo...
It was 29 years ago today that Vanessa Williams became the first African-American woman to be crowned Miss America--a fantastic feat that was sadly sh...
On an all-new episodes of "Toddlers & Tiaras" (Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on TLC), viewers will meet 22-month-old Ava. She is a natural at beauty pageant...
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.
When it comes to the talent portion of beauty pageants, the typical menu of items includes singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument and the occa...
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...
This year, we saw Tebow show up as a cardboard-cutout date for prom and we heard about a high school senior get in trouble for Tebowing his way across...
"Do you think Miss America should be free to declare her political affiliation?" This was the question posed to Miss Wisconsin during the final int...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Just three months ago, Debbe Ebben had no hair. On Saturday night, she was crowned Miss Alaska. Ebben shaved her head in March t...
The Internet [told] me the Miss USA pageant [would] be on TV on Sunday. Why do we still bother with something as old-fashioned and culturally irreleva...
Today, for millions of women who are reaching that stage of life, is about more than just vanity. It raises other complicated feelings less common among women from previous generations. For better or for worse, grandmas are just not what they used to be.
On "Toddlers & Tiaras" (Wed, 10 p.m. ET on TLC) Wednesday night the contestants faced-off in the "America's Genuine Jewel" pageant. The theme was "...
On the latest episode of "Toddlers & Tiaras" (Wed, 10 p.m. ET on TLC) the tots were competing at the StoryBook pageant. However, off-stage the scenes...
France has a new queen--beauty queen that is. Mbathio Beye has been crowned the first "Miss Black France" But there was a lot of hoopla surrounding...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The woman recently named Miss Dominican Republic will have to relinquish her crown because she is married, organi...
Regular viewers of "Toddlers & Tiaras" (Wed, 10 p.m. ET on TLC) have grown accustomed to the questionable parenting decisions, tantrums and controvers...
Wednesday night's episode of “Toddlers & Tiaras” (Wed, 10 p.m. ET on TLC) featured the little girls competing for the title at the “Beautiful Me...
Most adult women don't dye their eyelashes, but one mom did just that to her young pageant daughter on "Toddlers & Tiaras" (Wed, 10 p.m. ET on TLC). I...
Jenna Talackova still hasn’t announced whether or not she will compete in the Miss Universe pageant. The transgendered Canadian contestant was in...
