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The oldest pageant still in operation today is the Miss America pageant, which was organized in 1921 by a local businessman to entice tourists to Atlantic City, New Jersey. [22] The pageant hosted the winners of local newspaper beauty contests in the "Inter-City Beauty" Contest, attended by over one hundred thousand people.
[30] [31] Since Morley's death in 2000, his widow, Julia Morley, co-chairs the pageant. [32] [33] Miss Universe is an international beauty pageant that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. [34] [35] [36] As of 2022, it is owned by the Thailand-based JKN Global Group. [37] [38] The pageant was founded in 1952 by California clothing company ...
Baciliky Andris "Betty" Maxwell (née Cantrell; born September 1, 1994) is an American singer, actress, model, author, and beauty pageant titleholder from Warner Robins, Georgia, who was crowned Miss Georgia 2015. [1]
At the Mrs. America Pageant at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino on Aug. 27, Heidi – who previously won Mrs. Washington American – took over the crown from Ballerina Farm's Hannah ...
SHEBOYGAN – A South High alum won the 2024 Miss Asian Global Pageant, becoming the first Hmong woman to claim the title in the competition’s nearly 40-year history.. Raine Xiong, 19, was among ...
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.
Alexis Smith, winner of the Miss Kansas pageant, is attracting widespread attention for using her win to raise awareness of domestic violence, including calling out her own alleged abuser from the ...
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. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020, when the organization announced it was licensing operation of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants to Crystle Stewart, Miss USA for 2008 prior to her ...