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. The term "beauty pageant" originally refers to the Big Four international beauty pageants. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Pageant titles are divided into Miss, Mrs., Mister, and Teen, as well as international, regional, and national—to clearly identify the differences among these categories. Similar events for male pageants are usually called by other names, some are likely to be bodybuilding competitions.
The following are list of the world's Big Four beauty pageants (the original Big Four) considered the most important in the world. [6] [3] [5] [7] [8] [9] [10]
The following are minor beauty pageants. These lists are based on the year they were established.
The following are continental and regional pageants:
List of teen beauty pageants:
List of international marital beauty pageants:
List of senior women (aged 40+) beauty pageants:
The following list are the leading world's largest male beauty pageants (the Big Five); known as major in male pageantry. [46] [47] [48] [49] Big Five are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. Various news agencies collectively refer to the seven major pageants as "Big Five" namely: [50] [51] [52] [53]
The following are list of minor male beauty pageant. These lists are based on the year they were established
List of teen beauty pageants:
Here is the following list of the largest international LGBTQIA+ competitions in pageantry. [61]
Here is the following list of the largest international deaf competitions in pageantry.
With the triumph of SJ Pretorius, South Africa celebrates a back-to-back win for the first time in history.
In the men's version the winners were: SJ Pretorius, Mr. Teen World 2022, who achieved a second consecutive victory for South Africa.