Venezuela wins Miss Tourism International 2014
The last international pageant of the year 2014 took place just before the strike of midnight of December 31st in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Faddya Isabel Halabi, Miss Venezuela, was crowned Miss Tourism...
View ArticlePlayers, Haters, Fakers: Pageantry in 2014
Taylor Swift missed her call & Donald Trump's complexion is still orangePHOTO CREDIT: MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION Dethronements, demotions & resignations: A big chunk of drama in pageantry in...
View ArticleEx-Miss America & former New York politician Bess Myerson dies at 90
Brooklyn native Bess Myerson is shown just after being crowned Miss America 1945. She went on to have careers in television and city government. / ASSOCIATED PRESSBess Myerson, who was the only Jewish...
View ArticleMiss Guinea 2015
18-year-old Mama Aissata Diallo (second from left) was crowned Miss Guinea 2015 last December 27, 2014 in the capital city of Conakry. She succeeds Halimatou Diallo (second from right). Mama Aissata...
View ArticleMiss Lebanon's Selfie with Miss Israel Causes Stir at Miss Universe pageant
Miss Israel Doron Matalon posted this selfie on her Instagram next to Misses Lebanon, Slovenia and JapanA Lebanese beauty queen pleaded selfie defense after a Facebook pic of her posing with an Israeli...
View ArticleReview of the Press Junket & Preliminary Show of Miss Universe 2014/2015 pageant
Last January 19th, I attended the Press Junket of the 63rd edition of Miss Universe pageant (a/k/a Miss Universe 2014, even though it's being held in January 2015) that took place at the...
View ArticleThe new Miss Universe will be crowned tonight!
Who will succeed Gabriela Isler as the 63rd Miss Universe? Tune in tonight on NBC!Meet all 88 contestants for Miss Universe 2014
View ArticleColombia is crowned the 63rd Miss Universe / Review of the Telecast
Photo Credit: Miss Universe Organization Paulina Vega, a 22-year-old model from Barranquilla, Colombia, was crowned the 63rd Miss Universe at FIU Arena in Doral, Florida on Sunday, January 25,...
View ArticlePuerto Rico wins Supermodel International 2014/2015
Stephanie Cruz of Puerto Rico (center), was crowned Supermodel International 2014/2015 on January 31, 2015.The 4th annual competition was held at the Hilton Convention Center of Grand Hilton Seoul in...
View ArticleMiss Universe says yes, she's willing to assist FARC peace talks in Colombia
Miss Universe 2015, Colombian beauty Paulina Vega, says that she is in the ready to help out in whichever way she can to foster peace in her home country.In a statement to Fox News Latino, Vega...
View ArticleEcuador director slams Mister International president Alan Sim & Korean...
On his Facebook page dated February 7, 2015, Oscar Leopold Espinoza accused Alan Sim, the president of the Mister International pageant, of being a thief, as well as incriminating Korea's national...
View ArticleAmidst controversy, Mister International crowns a Filipino police officer
Touching moment: police officer Neil Perez of the Philippines gives a salute after winning the Mister International title. The salute is his gesture to honor the 44 Filipino police officers who were...
View ArticleIndonesia: Pageant contestant under fire for refusing to wear headscarf
A Miss Indonesia beauty contestant photo of Ratna Nurlia Alfiandini. (Ratna Nurlia Alfiandini’s Instagram page)JAKARTA –- A contestant representing the devoutly Muslim Aceh province in the Miss...
View ArticleMiss Indonesia 2015 crowned
Photo courtesy: Miss World Ltd.23-year-old Maria Harfanti, Miss DI Yogyakarta, was crowned Miss Indonesia 2015 on February 16th in Jakarta. Harfanti was also the winner of the Beauty with a Purpose...
View ArticleMiss Universe Indonesia 2015 crowned
The new Miss Universe Indonesia 2015 (Puteri Indonesia 2015 is Anindya Kusuma Putri, 23, representing Jawa Tengah. She was crowned on February 20th at the Jakarta Convention Center. Assisting in her...
View ArticleUpdate on the bogus Lebanese-based pageant, Miss Universal Peace and Humanity
UPDATE: February 24, 2015. The Daily Star Lebanon published an article written by Mazin Sidahmed exposing Asra Shahid's husband, Dr. Mohammed Shahid Khan, as a fake goodwill ambassador who is not...
View ArticleFormer Miss Turkey Merve Buyuksarac faces prison for 'insulting' country's...
Merve Buyuksarac A former Miss Turkey could be jailed for two years for posting a satirical poem on social media that criticised her country's president. The arrest of Merve Buyuksarac, 26,...
View ArticleIndonesian Islamic Council wants a "veiled" version of Miss Universe
Islamic fashion designer Fitri Aulia. Photo; Coconuts TV(Source: Coconuts Jakarta, March 4, 2015)With the largest Muslim population in the world, it’s no wonder that the Islamic fashion business is...
View ArticleMiss Universe Slovak Republic 2015
Denisa Vysnovska, 20 (center), was crowned Miss Universe Slovak Republic 2015 on March 6. She will represent her country at the next Miss Universe pageant whose date and venue have not bee confirmed....
View ArticleFemale rebel fighters in Ukraine compete in beauty pageant
Russia-backed female rebel fighters pose with the flag of the Donetsk. Photo: APDONETSK, Ukraine — Trading in their combat boots and fatigues for high heels and ball gowns, female rebel fighters who...
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