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.
Miss World is the oldest-running international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, this pageant is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant formerly run, since 1983, by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants Miss Universe, which currently broadcasts on Fox and Miss USA, this pageant is webcast on the Miss Teen USA website and simulcast on mobile devices and video game consoles. The Miss Universe Organization previously operated Miss Teen USA, as well as Miss USA, until 2020 when the rights to produce both pageants were licensed to Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart. The parent company of all three pageants and the Miss Universe organization remains the same under the licensing agreement: IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor.
Miss Colombia is the national beauty pageant organization in Colombia.
Miss International is a Japanese-based international beauty pageant organized by The International Culture Association. The pageant was first held in 1960. Miss International is the fourth largest pageant in the world in terms of having crowned national winners to participate in the international contest.
Christina Sawaya is a Lebanese beauty queen. As part of her modelling career, Christina entered a series of pageants between 1998 and 2002 in which she became the winner of Miss University Lebanon in 1998, and was chosen as "Top Lebanon Modeling 1999".
Miss Universe Canada or "Beauties of Canada" is a national beauty pageant in Canada, which sends its winners to the Miss Universe pageant.
Miss U.S. International is the official United States preliminary to the Miss International Beauty Pageant. The United States has sent a representative to the Miss International pageant since its inception in 1960. The only year a representative was not sent was in 2006.
Miss International 1969, the 9th Miss International pageant, was held on September 13, 1969 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan for the second time. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Valerie Holmes from Great Britain was crowned as Miss International 1969 by outgoing titleholder, Maria Carvalho from Brazil.
Elfin Pertiwi Rappa is an Indonesian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2014, and represented Indonesia at the Miss International 2014 pageant and achieve a Top 10 position and won Best National Costume.
Miss International Japan was created in 1960 in response to Japan's then-recent lack of finalists at the Miss International pageant.
Miss International 2015, the 55th Miss International pageant, was held on November 5, 2015 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. Valerie Hernandez of Puerto Rico crowned her successor Edymar Martínez of Venezuela at the end of the event with a new crown created and designed by Mikimoto. The Continental Queens were awarded for the first time in this edition.
Edymar Martínez Blanco is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen. She represented Anzoátegui state at Miss Venezuela 2014 and was crowned Miss Venezuela International by the outgoing title holder Michelle Bertolini. Martinez was crowned Miss International 2015 at Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan on November 5, 2015.
Binibining Pilipinas 2015 was the 52nd edition of Binibining Pilipinas. It took place at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on March 15, 2015.
Miss International 2016, the 56th Miss International pageant, was held on October 27, 2016 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Edymar Martínez from Venezuela crowned her successor Kylie Verzosa from the Philippines at the end of the event.
Marta Magdalena Stępień is a Polish-born Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International Canada 2017 and Miss Universe Canada 2018. She represented Canada at Miss International 2017 pageant in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented Canada at Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, where she was a top 10 finalist.
Miss International 2019, the 59th Miss International pageant, was held on November 12, 2019 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Bunkyo district, Tokyo, Japan. Mariem Velazco of Venezuela crowned her successor Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand at the end of the event.
Karla Paola Chacón Fuentes is a Costa Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International Costa Rica 2017 pageant and represented Costa Rica at the Miss International 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. She also was crowned Miss Costa Rica 2019 and will represent Costa Rica at the Miss Universe 2019 pageant.
