A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the conte
The winners of the International Pageant of Pulchritude 1930 competition
Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, was crowned the 'Queen of Beauty' at the Eglinton Tournament of 1839.
Woman receiving an award for winning a beauty pageant, 1922
Celebration of the "Princess Dácil" contest at the Seventh Festival of Canarian Traditions in Cuba. In the center of the image, Mary Ann Álvarez Robbio, who was the winner of the contest in 2010.
Miss World is the oldest existing 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 chaired the page
Beauty pageant
…pageants also exist, as do child beauty pageants for youth. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four beauty pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth. Thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, and are…
Ivian Sarcos, Miss World 2011 at a school in Mumbai, India
Miss World 2025 Suchata Chuangsri Thailand
Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska Poland
Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh Jamaica