Beauty Pageants

Miss South Africa to allow trans women to participate for first time; contestants expected to have 'amended sex' ID proof

The competition itself was previously hailed for breaking beauty stereotypes by crowning Zozibini Tunzi — a short-haired woman with a darker complexion — as the 2019 winner.

As Zozibini Tunzi wins Miss Universe, 2019 marks the first time black women have reigned over four major beauty pageants

Hilary Levey Friedman, a visiting professor of education at Brown University who is writing a book about beauty pageants, said a new definition of what it means to be a pageant winner was being embraced in this era when questions of equality and inclusion are increasingly urgent.

Politics is a drug and BJP's Ruby Phugat Yadav is high on it: Ex-beauty queen has eyes on South Delhi Lok Sabha seat

Ruby Phugat Yadav, who has several beauty titles to her credit and is now a member of the executive committee of the BJP's Delhi wing, says it is easy to let power go to your head in politics, but one has to be professional.

The Miss India Murders: Read an excerpt from Gauri Sinh's whodunit, set in the world of beauty pageants

Read an excerpt from Gauri Sinh's The Miss India Murders, where a model is found dead on the ramp, moments after she has walked on it with much grace | #FirstCulture

Organisers of Miss World beauty pagaent might drop the 'bikini round', Aishwarya backs move

Actor and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai lauded the organisers of the international beauty pageant for removing the swimsuit round from their competition.

Honduras: Town turns up for burial of slain Miss World contestant and her sister

A shaken Honduras buried its Miss World contestant and her sister, after the latter's boyfriend shot them in a jealous rage, according to reports.

French Senate votes to ban beauty pageants for children under 16

Anyone who enters a child into such a contest would face up to two years in prison and 30,000 euros in fines, according to the measure. A pageant organizer expressed regret that the move was so severe.

'A humiliation to women': Indonesian Muslims protest Miss World pageant

Indonesian Muslim hard-liners staged a protest Tuesday in the country's capital to try to stop the holding of the Miss World pageant this weekend on the resort island of Bali.

Indore girl wins Miss Asia Pacific 2012

Himangini Singh Yadu, who represented India at the Miss Asia Pacific 2012, has won the international title.