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A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals.
[39] [40] The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf+Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996, [41] [42] and WME/IMG in 2015. [33] [43] Miss International, also called "Miss International Beauty", [44] is a Tokyo-based international beauty pageant organized by The International Culture Association. The pageant ...
The following is a list of Miss Universe titleholders from the competition's inaugural edition in 1952 to present. ... Big Four international beauty pageants; Notes
On the other hand, the pageant has awarded a Top 6 in 1953 to 1956 and 1958 with Miss World, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th runner-up being awarded. Only in 1957 the pageant has awarded a Top 7 with the Miss World, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th runner-up being awarded. and In 2018 and 2023 the pageant has awarded a Top 2 with the Miss World and ...
Awards Talent Notes; 1921: Sept. 8, 1921 Margaret Gorman [3] District of Columbia: Washington: 16 Inter-City Beauty, Amateur: Earned title of "The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America" (pageant renamed "Miss America" in 1922) 1922: Sept. 7, 1922 Mary Katherine Campbell [4] [5] Ohio: Columbus: 16 Only person to win twice; also was 1st runner ...
The most frequently presented Miss America awards are for preliminary talent and swimsuit. The talent award was introduced in 1936, and the swimsuit award in 1940. In the 2000s, preliminary awards for evening gown and interview were briefly introduced but were discontinued after two years as it was felt that they made the semi-finalists too predictable.
The 2008 pageant was originally to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine, but was relocated to South Africa after a diplomatic crisis between Russia and Georgia. Three countries have achieved back-to-back wins: Sweden in 1951 and 1952, United Kingdom in 1964 and 1965, and India in 1999 and 2000.
Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. Titleholders Nine Miss USA winners have gone on to become Miss Universe and are indicated in bold face.