pageants

STEM advocate Marizza Delgado, 25, crowned Miss New York USA 2024

Marizza Delgado won Miss New York USA 2024 out of 170 contestants.

Miss AI beauty pageant unveils top 10 fake models competing for cash prize

While real-life pageant girls have turned cold on participating in the glam extravaganza, these smoking hot bots are turning up the heat. 

Miss Universe co-owner says trans and married women 'can compete' under new guidelines 'but they cannot win’

A leaked video was discovered of Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, co-owner of Miss Universe, in a board meeting from last November, voicing her opinion on the inclusion of trans women in...

Miss USA reveals onslaught of bullying since accepting crown after original winner's shocking resignation

"I didn't want to cry, but I just feel like it's hard because I wish people saw where my heart is coming from."

Former Miss New York scorches pageants in wake of alleged bullying, resignations: 'There are human beings under these crowns'

"You have all these different personalities and so many ways in which you're being pushed and pulled and being told what to do," Thatiana Diaz told The Post.

Beauty pageant finalists share makeup-free 'flaws' to battle unrealistic body standards: 'I don't feel less beautiful'

"We are all beautiful in every form we come in," competitor Mehak Chandel, 23, said.

Miss USA suddenly steps down after just 7 months

"Never compromise your physical and mental well-being. Our health is our wealth," Voigt wrote in a social media message on Monday.

World's first AI beauty pageant to award hottest bot $13K — here's who really gets the money

They’re all real beauties, faux show. 

39-year-old Iranian-born mom crowned Miss Germany 2024 as pageant embraces inclusivity

An Iranian-born mother says she is "endlessly grateful" after celebrating her victory in being crowned "Miss Germany 2024" after the pageant loosened rules on age. 

Ukrainian-born Miss Japan gives up crown after tabloid exposes affair with married 'muscle doctor'

Now former Miss Japan Karolina Shiino apologized for all the trouble she caused.

Ukrainian-born model crowned Miss Japan — but critics question if she's Japanese enough

Carolina Shiino, 26, was born to two Ukraine parents in her home country, and moved to Japan at the age of five when her mother remarried a Japanese man.

'Plus-size' Miss Universe contestant in top spot responds to body shaming

Miss Nepal, Jane Dipika Garrett, 22, competed in the Miss Universe 2023 pageant opened up about her struggles with weight gain, discussing how she is seeking to inspire others.

Devices dominate our daily lives so much couples don't even enjoy breakfast together

Also clouding conversation — devices. Trying to focus on a face when the person’s only facing his palm? Learned was that the choice is either looking at a shloompy housecoat...

Woman wins world's first make-up-free beauty pageant

A barefaced beauty swept a pageant competition without so much as a fleck of mascara or a swipe of gloss.

Transgender woman wins Miss Netherlands pageant for first time -- and has a shot at Miss Universe

"I DID IT !!!!! 👑❤️," Rikkie Valerie Kolle, 22, wrote on Instagram of "making my community proud and showing it can be done."

Police officer crowned Miss Arizona USA hopes to 'bridge the gap' between law enforcement and the public

A Tempe police officer crowned Miss Arizona USA hopes her platform can inspire others and bridge the gap between law enforcement and communities across the nation.

Oklahoma teen found dead in home with convicted sex offender was set to represent town at state beauty pageant: father

The bodies of Brittany Brewer, 16, and her friend were discovered alongside five others on Monday.

'Big Brother' winner Taylor Hale dishes to Jalen Rose on 'harrowing' show

We all know my talented friend Taylor Hale as the first ever black woman to win "Big Brother." Or as Miss Michigan 2021. But I know her as another proud...

Brawl erupts after NYC's first Miss Sri Lanka pageant

Things got ugly after a Staten Island beauty pageant when a caught-on-video brawl erupted between well-dressed partygoers.