Vanessa Williams stopped by the HuffPost Live studios on Monday to discuss her new Tony-nominated Broadway play "The Trip To Bountiful." Talk turned t...
Nineteen-year-old Analouisa Valencia, the African-American and Latina lesbian who is competing in the Miss South Carolina contest, recently joined Huf...
Nineteen-year-old Analouisa Valencia, an African-American and Latina lesbian, is looking forward to competing in the Miss South Carolina contest in Ju...
Vanessa Williams once said that "success is the sweetest revenge" -- and if her career is any indication, she must have a lot of enemies. The singer/a...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Miss America, Atlantic City's prodigal pageant, is coming home, and the spectacle that became synonymous with the New Jers...
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Following an impressive tap-dancing routine to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" on Saturday evening, 23-year-old Brooklynite Mallory Hagan was...
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...
Finally a reason to really get behind these beauty competitions.
Our hope is to help shift girls' attitudes about STEM and boost the percentage of women employed in STEM-related industries. It's not just the right thing to do, but it is also the smart thing to do for America's future and our economy.
I can't believe it's been almost a year since I was crowned Miss America 2012. Since last January, I have been on the road almost every day visiting all corners of the country and meeting the most inspiring people.
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...
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...
As Miss America, these last eight months of travel have allowed me to see the influence that mentors have on a child's life and now I remain more committed than ever to share my story.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies kicked in the wrong apartment door, pointed guns at a former Miss Nevada and her fiance, and watched as the beau...
She's a real knockout. Miss New Hampshire USA 2010 Nicole Houde was busted for allegedly assaulting a boyfriend -- for the second time in less than...
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting Miss California! Leah Cecil, a 22-year-old Orange County native who already held the title of Miss Southern Califo...
"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...
Recently I was surprised to meet Miss America following her rousing speech on the rights of prisoners and their families to a particularly well-heeled crowd at the church-turned-ballroom known as 583 Park Avenue.
AUSTIN, Tex. (RNS) Laura Kaeppeler has a fantasy gig: traveling nonstop, wearing stylish new outfits each day and attracting TV crews in every city sh...
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...
First of all, it's not what you think, you dirty minded reader you. This event -- albeit with an eye-catching, titillating title -- is a celebration of art, of talent, of... sparkles on steroids. On
