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Hounded From a Beauty Pageant in South Africa, Then Crowned in Nigeria

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024Lynsey Chutel and Nelson C.J.Comments Off on Hounded From a Beauty Pageant in South Africa, Then Crowned in Nigeria

A South African beauty pageant contestant with Nigerian heritage was forced to withdraw from the competition after her participation fueled anti-immigrant sentiments.

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Karolina Shiino’s Brief Reign as Japan’s First Foreign-Born Beauty Queen

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024Victoria Kim and Hisako UenoComments Off on Karolina Shiino’s Brief Reign as Japan’s First Foreign-Born Beauty Queen

Karolina Shiino, a naturalized Japanese citizen who was born in Ukraine, resigned two weeks after winning the Miss Japan crown.

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Miss Universe Is Latest Target of Nicaragua Government Crackdown

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023James WagnerComments Off on Miss Universe Is Latest Target of Nicaragua Government Crackdown

Sheynnis Palacios, the first Nicaraguan to win the pageant, became a symbol of resistance. The authoritarian leadership soon came after people close to the competition.

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Nelia Sancho, Beauty Queen Turned Defiant Rights Activist, Dies at 71

September 11, 2023September 12, 2023Sara TardiffComments Off on Nelia Sancho, Beauty Queen Turned Defiant Rights Activist, Dies at 71

She had been competing in pageants in the Philippines, but she found her calling when she observed the offenses of the Marcos regime firsthand.

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Rikkie Valerie Kollé Is the First Trans Woman to Win Miss Netherlands

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023Claire MosesComments Off on Rikkie Valerie Kollé Is the First Trans Woman to Win Miss Netherlands

Rikkie Valerie Kollé, 22, will represent the Netherlands at the 72nd annual Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador later this year.

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Beauty Over Brains: Japan’s Skin-Deep University Pageants

November 27, 2022November 29, 2022Motoko Rich and Hikari HidaComments Off on Beauty Over Brains: Japan’s Skin-Deep University Pageants

The contests reflect a culture that often judges women by their appearance and slots them into rigid, gender-defined roles.

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Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021Kiki StreitbergerComments Off on Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra

Camel beauty contests take center stage at a celebration of Bedouin culture, held annually in the United Arab Emirates.

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Miss Universe Myanmar Arrives in Florida With a Message for the Junta

May 14, 2021RICHARD C. PADDOCKComments Off on Miss Universe Myanmar Arrives in Florida With a Message for the Junta

Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin hopes to use her international platform as a pageant contestant to criticize the country’s military coup and support the pro-democracy movement.

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After Snatching One Crown, Mrs. World Gives Up Her Own

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021Bryan PietschComments Off on After Snatching One Crown, Mrs. World Gives Up Her Own

Last year’s winner of a pageant for married women grabbed a crown from the 2021 Mrs. Sri Lanka winner, who she claimed was divorced, in violation of pageant rules.

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Black Women Now Hold Crowns in 5 Major Beauty Pageants

December 15, 2019MIHIR ZAVERIComments Off on Black Women Now Hold Crowns in 5 Major Beauty Pageants

Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica won the Miss World pageant on Saturday. Black women also hold the 2019 crowns of Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Universe.

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