Beauty Pageant News and Links (Showbiz - Competitions - Beauty Pageants)

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The Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA Pageants are run by a single organization, led by Donald Trump. Unfortunately, their websites, though still good, are not as good as they used to be, and they have begun charging for many photos.

Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela
Dayana Mendoza
Miss Universe Pageant 5'10" brown-haired, green-eyed, 22-year-old Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela was named Miss Universe 2008 on July 14, 2008, in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

nice, large Miss Venezuela pics
Xinhua Dayana Mendoza pics
YouTube Dayana Mendoza videos
Xinhua pics rehearsal - swimsuits
WordPress Dayana Mendoza blogs
NBC Miss Universe 2008 - 2007
Xinhua Riyo Mori Miss Universe 2007 pics
Mainichi Miss Universe 2007 gallery
Xinhua 2006 contestant pics

Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina
Kristen Dalton
Miss USA Pageant 5' 7", blonde, blue-eyed, 22-year-old Kristen Dalton from Wilmington, North Carolina, was crowned Miss USA on April 19, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kristen was Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2005 1st runner up. Kristen's mother was Miss North Carolina USA 1982, and her sister Julia was Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2008.
NBC Miss USA 2009 Photos
Kristen Dalton photos
Miss North Carolina USA
Xinhua:
Tara Conner Miss USA 2006 pics
Shandi Finnessey Miss USA 2004 pics

Miss Teen USA 2008, Stevi Lauren Perry of Arkansas
Stevi Lauren Perry
Miss Teen USA Pageant
5' 5" blonde-haired brown-eyed 18-year-old Stevi Lauren Perry from Hamburg, Arkansas, was crowned Miss Teen USA on August 16, 2008 at Atlantis resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Miss Teen Ark.: Stevi Lauren Perry pics

NBC: Miss Teen USA 2007 Photos
Palm Springs Desert Sun:
89 Miss Teen USA 2006 photos

Miss America 2009, Katie Stam of Indiana
Katie Stam
Miss America Pageant official
Miss America Pageant TLC
22-year-old brown-eyed brunette Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America 2009 by Miss America 2008 Lauren Nelson on January 24, 2009 in Las Vegas. Katie is studying communications at the University of Indianapolis, and hopes to become a television news reporter and anchor.
The Miss America website has some very hi-res photos (free), downloadable as .zip files in their Miss America Photo Gallery. TLC has a Miss America Video Gallery as well.
After 84 years in Atlantic City, the Miss America pageant moved moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2006.


PBS American Experience: Miss America

— The Miss Illinois (America) site has plenty of Miss America 2003 Erika Harold photos.
Miss California (America)
Miss Hollywood (California-America)
Miss Texas (America)

Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia
Ksenia Sukhinova
Miss World Pageant
21-year-old brown-eyed blonde (and former brunette) Ksenia Sukhinova from Tyumen, Russia, was crowned Miss World 2008 on December 13, 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Miss World website was improved in 2005, with good photos, and in 2006, with videos— unfortunately the photo titles do not always name the subjects.
Xinhua: Miss World 2008 pics - more
    2007 - more - more - more

click for Novosti Miss Russia photo gallery
Ksenia Sukhinova
Miss Russia Pageant
20-year-old brown-eyed brunette Ksenia Sukhinova from Tyumen was crowned Miss Russia 2008 on December 15, 2007. Ksenia will represent the Russia in both the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants in 2008. Both Miss Universe Riyo Mori and Miss World Zilin Zhang attended.
Miss Russia 2008 photos:
    Novosti - Xinhua

Miss, Mrs, Ms, & Teen United Nation
    is a 4-in-1 international pageant
Miss Earth Pageant
Miss Galaxy, Miss Teen Galaxy, Mrs. Galaxy
Miss International - Mrs. International

America's Junior Miss Pageant
Ms America
Ms American United States
Beauties of America

    Ms. Florida-US
    Miss Teen Florida-US - Miss Florida Teenager-US

Ms Latina World - Femina Miss India

The Miss Tourism World organization runs 10 beauty pageants.

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Miss USA Tara Conner, Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera, and Miss Teen USA Katie Blair in Palm Springs on Aug 16, 2006.

    On Sunday, May 20, 2007, Nadine Wise, 42, of East Honolulu, was crowned Mrs. Hawaii 2007 by Mrs. Hawaii 2006 Pebblz Nakamoto.

    On Dec 17, 2006, Nadines daughter, Chanel Wise, 21, was crowned Miss Hawaii USA. Chanel finished in the top 10 at the Miss USA 2007 pageant.
click for Honolulu Advertiser article with photo
Nadine Wise
click for Novosti Miss Russia photo gallery
Chanel Wise
Major Beauty Pageant Calendar:
Miss Teen USA: Fri July 31, 2009, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Miss Universe: Sun Aug 23, 2009, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Mrs. World: Nov 22, 2009, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam

Mrs. America Pageant
Mrs. America 2008-2009, Maureen MacDonald of North Carolina
Maureen MacDonald
    Mrs. America 2008-2009, Maureen MacDonald of North Carolina
after interviews
On September 2, 2008, 27-year-old 5'9" blonde and blue Maureen MacDonald from Raleigh, North Carolina, was crowned Mrs. America for 2009 at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, in Tucson, Arizona.

Maureen will represent the US in the Mrs. World pageant in 2009.

Mrs. North Carolina pageant photos

Mrs. World Pageant
On June 30, 2008, in Kaliningrad, Russia, brown eyed brunette Natalia Shmarenkova of the Ukraine was crowned Mrs. World for 2008 by Mrs. World 2007, Diane Tucker. more photos



Mrs. World 2008, Natalia Shmarenkova of the Ukraine
Mrs. World 2008, Natalia Shmarenkova of the Ukraine

-- The strikingly good-looking Mrs. America 2002 and Mrs. United States 1997 (the first woman ever to win both titles), Laurette Arenz, has her own website.
-- Bonnie Productions produces the Mrs. Texas, Mrs. Arizona, and Mrs. Utah pageants for selecting Mrs. America candidates.
-- The Mrs. Florida (America) website includes Mrs. New Jersey, Mrs. New Hampshire, Mrs. Massachusetts, and Mrs. North Carolina.
-- Mrs. Connecticut & Mrs. Maine (America) - Mrs. Oklahoma

Mrs. Globe
Mrs. United States - Mrs. Florida-US - Mrs. Puerto Rico-US

Chinese news agency Xinhua photos:
Miss Chinese International 2006
Miss World 2005 Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir
Miss International 2005 - Miss China 2005 (World)
Miss World 2004 Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia
2004 Miss Universe contestants

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Beauty Pagent Directories:
The Pageantry Magazine Directory includes local, national, and international pageant listings with phone numbers, postal addresses, email addresses, and website URLs.

The World Pageants pageants database returns names of pageants that you might be qualified to enter.

Open Directory Pageant Links - Epic Pageant Links

Global Beauties is an online magazine covering international beauty contests and their local branches. They have a monthly pageant calendar and coverage of the Miss World pageant, (including a gallery of the 2002 contestants) which is useful since the offical website is almost empty (as of Sept. 19, 2002).

Pagentry Magazine has a site full of articles about pageants and interviews with pageant winners.

Pageant Almanac has news of pageant results worldwide, a worldwide pageants links list, a forum section, and more.

Jimmy's Pageant Page has pageant news & results archives.

Turn for the Judges has pageant news and photos.

Beauty Pageant History

TIME Magazine, September 20, 1948, p. 28:

Americana
    •In Atlantic City, Beatrice [Bebe] Shopp, 18 ("Miss Minnesota"), was named "Miss America of 1948," winning a $5,000 scholarship, a Nash car, and untold publicity. Her measurements: height, 5 ft. 9 in.; weight, 138 lbs.; bust, 37 in. Her talent: she played the vibraharp. Said "Bebe": "I am only a farm girl. I drive a tractor. I clean the chicken coops. I mix cement."

    •Up the coast at Asbury Park, Mrs. Maria Monez Strohmeier ("Mrs. Philadelphia"), a 21-year-old blonde with green eyes, was crowned "Mrs. America." This entitled her to a fur coat, furniture, a dishwasher, laundry machine, luggage, and diaper service for any future children. Mrs. America was more nearly standard size: 5 ft. 5 in., 124 lbs.
      Miss America 1948, Bebe Shopp of Minnesota
Bebe Shopp crowned Miss America 1948--from newsreel on The Adventures of Don Juan DVD

TIME Magazine, September 15, 1958:

    ...Fact is that in 13 years, the Miss America Pageant has turned from a leering press-agent's dream into a sort of solemn, deep-breathing Rorschach test, as stickily wholesome as Atlantic City's famed saltwater taffy. The girls are chosen mascots of local civic and service clubs, are told to keep their eyes not on glamour but on more than $150,000 worth of scholarships contributed by business firms, and are constantly surrounded by ulcerescent chaperons, without whom they may not speak to any man, "including male members of their own families."

    ...Undisturbed by fathers, the girls scissored across the stage in evening gowns and swimsuits... The contestants also sang, played musical instruments, recited. Miss Georgia (Jeanette Arlene Ardell, 19, 35½-24-36) punctured four balloons with her bow and only seven arrows; Miss Maryland (Mary Roberta Page, 18, 36-24½-36) drew a horse in luminous chalk.

    At last the girls, in white ball gowns, paraded across a tangle of TV cables for M.C. Bert Parks ("Aren't they all perfectly beautiful ladeezandgennimum?")... The tearful winner: Miss Mississippi (Mary Ann Mobley, 21, 34½-22-35).



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