A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants.
María Julia "Maju" Mantilla García is a Peruvian actress, dancer, model, teacher and beauty queen who won Miss World 2004 in China.
Miss Perú is the national beauty pageant of the Republic of Peru. The contest gathers participants from all over the nation, including Peruvian women representing their community overseas. Having been broadcast by all the major television networks in the country during its history, the pageant is currently broadcast by Latina Television.
Shandi Ren Finnessey is an American actress, model, TV host and beauty queen. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America, where she won a preliminary award. She placed as first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2004 competition. She is one of three women to have been both Miss Missouri USA and Miss Missouri and the only Missourian to have been Miss USA. Her first runner-up finish at Miss Universe was the best placement in the 2000s and was the best United States placement between Brook Mahealani Lee's Miss Universe 1997 competition victory and Olivia Culpo's Miss Universe 2012 pageant win.
Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic actress, lawyer, model and beauty queen who won Miss Iceland 2005 and later won Miss World 2005 pageant.
Mimilanie Laurel Marquez-Lawyer, popularly known as Melanie Marquez, is a Filipino personality development coach, actress, film producer, author, celebrity endorser, former supermodel and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss International 1979. She is the youngest winner of Miss International in history at the age of 15 when she competed in Miss International 1979.
Michele Marlene McDonald-Boeke was an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1971. As Miss USA, she represented the United States at Miss Universe 1971, where she placed in the top twelve. McDonald had previously been crowned Miss Pennsylvania USA 1971, and was the first woman from Pennsylvania to win the Miss USA title.
Miss World 2005, the 55th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. María Julia Mantilla of Peru crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland. 102 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. All contestants competed in three "fast track" events, Beach Beauty, Miss Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose contests. The winner of each competition immediately became one of the fifteen pageant semi-finalists.She becaming the third Icelandic woman to win Miss World.
Natália Aparecida Guimarães is a Brazilian actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Brasil 2007.
Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty contest held annually. It is organized by the Miss América Latina Organization. Despite its name, the contest is not restricted to only Latin American nations. It is designed for women of Latina descent around the globe. There is an average of about 20 contestants every year. It has two sister pageants: Miss Latina US and Miss Teen US Latina.
The United States has continuously sent a representative to Miss World since its inception in 1951. The United States has won the Miss World crown three times in 1973, 1990 and 2010. Currently, Miss World America is the official national pageant that selects the contestant from the United States to Miss World.
Miss World 1958, the 8th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 October 1958 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. Penelope Anne Coelen of South Africa was crowned by Marita Lindahl of Finland at the end of the pageant. She became the second woman from Africa to win the title after Egypt in 1954.
The International Pageant of Pulchritude, also known as Miss Universe or the International Beauty Contest, was a beauty contest that began in 1920, featuring contestants from multiple nations. This pageant originated the title "Miss Universe" and was the first international contest. The last pageant event in the United States was held in 1931 although additional Miss Universe events were held until 1935. The contest served as a model for modern contests that began after World War II.
Laura Vivian Spoya Solano is a Peruvian TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won her home country's beauty national title of Miss Peru 2015. She represented Peru at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
Débora Lyra is a Brazilian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Brasil 2010. and worldwide winner of Miss Multiverse in 2014.
Sara El-Khouly is an Egyptian model and beauty queen. She is of part-Croatian descent and grew up in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Miss International Queen is the world's biggest beauty pageant for transgender women. The pageant was conceived in 2004 and named the largest and most prestigious by CNN original American documentary television series This Is Life with Lisa Ling aired on 26 November 2017.
Sancler Frantz Konzen is a Brazilian model, journalist and beauty queen who won Miss Brazil World 2013 and represented Brazil at Miss World 2013 and placed in the Top 6.
Olivia Jordan Thomas is an American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2015. She represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she placed as second runner-up. Jordan also represented the United States at Miss World 2013 where she finished in the top 20. She is the first woman from Oklahoma to be crowned Miss USA.
Thiessa Sickert is a Brazilian journalist, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She had been in various beauty pageants in the World. She started when she was 16 years old, winning the Miss Brasil Massachusetts 2009 in Boston. Then, in 2012, as Miss Minas Gerais she went from the state pageant to the national Miss Brasil, there, she was named the second runner up. In 2015, she was awarded the Miss Earth Brazil 2015 title by its organization and represented Brazil in the Miss Earth 2015 pageant in Vienna, Austria. In that year, Thiessa was crowned as Miss Earth-Fire 2015.
