Beauty Pageants
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'Bachelorette' star Hannah Brown battled 'depression and anxiety’ as a result of competing in beauty pageants
The former Miss Alabama USA gets candid about a damaging conversation she had with a pageant director.
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Miss America 2018 claims Gretchen Carlson and other pageant leaders 'silenced' and 'bullied' her
Cara Mund, who recently began speaking out about her tumultuous year as Miss America 2018, elaborated on what she calls “condescending” treatment by the organization in a lengthy letter.
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After #MeToo joke, one beauty queen returns her crown, the other plans to use it
In the wake of an offensive #MeToo joke during the Miss Massachusetts competition, two contestants weigh in on what's at stake.
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Miss Teen USA’s Active Wear Sponsor Is Encouraging Contestants to Own Their Sexy
Body-positive activists who cheered Miss Teen USA's move last year from swimsuits to active wear might not be so thrilled by this year's sponsor.
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Curvy Model Shamed for Entering Arizona Modeling Contest
Karista Harris received hateful messages for entering a magazine’s modeling contest. Karista Harris has been in the pageant world for more than 16 years, and regardless of the stereotype of shallow beauty contests, she says it’s always been a supportive community for her. “Wow, I woke up this morning to some very derogatory name calling and surgery suggestions in my inbox,” she wrote on Facebook last week, after posting her profile on the Face of Foothills voting site.
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Beauty Queen Exposes Surgery Scars to Bring Visibility to Her Disease
Beauty queen Victoria Graham, who has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, proudly shows her surgery scars. Victoria Graham is much more than just a pretty face. The 22-year-old Maryland college student, who was crowned Miss Frostburg in October (a local title associated with the Miss America Organization), is on a mission to raise awareness about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) — a rarely diagnosed genetic condition that affects connective tissue in the skin, joints, and blood vessels.
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Mrs. Grandma Universe and More Unusual Beauty Pageants From Around the World
It’s been well reported that Miss France, 23, was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday evening. Iris Mittenaere, a dental student, became the first French woman to earn the crown in more than 60 years. Agnes Jakosalem is the first Filipino woman to win the Mrs. Grandma Universe pageant.