BEAUTY PAGEANTS
13 Beauty Queens Test Positive for COVID After Pageant
The contest took place in Thailand, where cases and deaths are surging.
The Canadian YouTuber Headed for the World’s Largest Trans Beauty Pageant
After being “100 percent transparent” about her transition on YouTube, Julie Vu is taking her trans advocacy to Thailand.
Miss America Used to Ban Abortion—And Still Bans Moms, Wives, and Divorcées
Even though the Miss America pageant has tried to adapt to modern sensibilities, emphasizing "female empowerment," it remains committed to an antiquated ideal of femininity.
Bold and Beautiful: Behind the Scenes at America's Biggest Trans Beauty Pageant
For the first time in its history, the Queen USA transgender beauty pageant awarded a national title. With talent from across the country and celebrity judges like Caitlyn Jenner and Kelly Osbourne, the event aims to raise funding for healthcare for...
Miss World Mexico's director was killed right after he crowned a new beauty queen
Hugo Rubén Castellanos was found shot dead in a jeep in the state of Sinaloa, where drug cartels have a long history with beauty contests.
Crowning Miss Max: Inside Brazil's Biggest Prison Beauty Pageant
Brazil is home to some of the biggest pageants in the world like Miss World and Miss Universe. Lesser known, however, is Miss Max—a beauty competition at a Sao Paolo prison.
Photos from the Miss Juggalette Beauty Pageant
A look into the only beauty pageant where talents include squirting Faygo from your vagina and rapping about suicide.
How Ireland's Inner Beauty Pageant Is Getting a Makeover
For one week in August, Ireland tunes in to watch The Rose of Tralee, the country's biggest celebration of inner beauty. Today, women in Ireland are pushing to change the pageant from the inside, but not burn it down.
Photos of LA's Cat Show People
Every few months, the Glendale Convention Center plays host to a throng of felines and their passionate, passionate owners.
Renee Zellweger Appears in Public, Sparks a Media Firestorm
The hubbub over Renee Zellweger's "new face" has taken over the internet, but why do so many people feel so strongly about making fun of this celebrity?
NSFW Photos of Sexy Juggalettes at the Gathering of the Juggalos
This weekend, we celebrated feminine beauty with little people, beauty queens, wrestlers, and other sexy juggalettes at the 15th annual Gathering of the Juggalos.