The Miss Côte d'Ivoire 2025 beauty pageant has made a significant change to its competition rules. Contestants are now required to wear their natural hair during the pre-selection stages, with the use ...

For the first time in the history of pageantry, a national beauty pageant has banned the use of weaves and wigs in the ...

On YouTube, ex-beauty pageant queen Rachel Gupta, 21, from India, claimed that the Miss Grand International organization harassed, manipulated and abandoned her after she won the Thai-based pageant in ...

These events are more than just crowns and evening gowns. For decades, these competitions have been platforms for women to showcase their confidence, advocate for causes, and represent their countries ...

Amid resignations and vote-rigging claims, Miss Universe — and pageantry at large — is fighting for relevance.

A beauty pageant took an unexpected turn when one of the contestants mistakenly thought she had been called as a finalist. It happened to Miss Panama Isamar Herrera at Saturday's Miss Grand ...

When Ahtisa Manalo set foot on the Miss Universe stage for this year’s final, millions of people in the Philippines watched, dissecting her every move. As her country’s representative, the 28-year-old ...

I entered my first pageant in 2003, the Miss Violet Festival, during the summer before my senior year of high school. I was one of those die-hard school spirit types — on the sidelines at football ...