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The Big Four or the Big League Pageants [1] refers to the four major international beauty pageants for women — Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Contents
- Big Four pageants
- Records
- Complete achievement by countries/ territories
- Longest streak of wins
- Multiple wins in the same year
- Back-to-back wins
- Winners by year
- Attendance history
- Winners by country/territory
- Winners by continent
- See also
- Notes
- References
The group was first described by the China Daily newspaper in 2004 as "the world's four major beauty contests". [7] [8] In April 2008, the South China Morning Post described them as "four of the world's top beauty pageants"; [9] the same description was also used by South Korea's leading newspaper, Chosun Ilbo in 2010. [10] In 2017, the Latin Times considered the group as the "most important pageants in the world". [11] In 2018, NBC News referred to them as the "four biggest international pageants". [12] Agencia EFE in 2019 classified them as the "four most influential beauty pageants in the world". [13] [14] [15]
Among the hundreds of thousands of beauty contests held annually, [16] the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, [17] widely covered and broadcast by media. [18] The Wall Street Journal, [2] BBC News, [19] CNN, [20] [21] Xinhua News Agency, [22] and global news agencies such as Reuters, [23] [24] Associated Press [25] and Agence France-Presse [26] [27] collectively refer to the four major pageants as the "Big Four".
In the early years of Miss Universe and Miss World, the national winner of a country would often be sent to Miss Universe, while their runner-up would compete in Miss World. This practice was common, especially when several countries had winners in both pageants.
