This weekend’s Miss World pageant in Mumbai, India will see 112 contestants from around the globe compete for the coveted title. Claude Mashego will represent South Africa at the pageant which ...

England’s Miss World contestant has said she “wants to go to space”. Aerospace engineering graduate and Miss England Jessica Gagen is one of 120 candidates competing in India for the Miss ...

The Miss World contest is in turmoil today after a boycott by nine finalists, the Evening Standard can reveal. Contestants are protesting over host country Nigeria's threat to stone a woman to death.

For the first time, contestants will be required to don one-pieces and even sarongs, traditional beachwear on the resort island of Bali, where the competition will be held. The Miss World pageant ...

[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Miss World 2021 has been cancelled hours to the final runway parade and ceremony. This was after more than 20 contestants contracted Covid-19. The finals were set to ...

pageant organizers and viewers at home were forced to reconcile the real Miss World contestants with the girl-next-door image the competition had tried so hard to package. The women's movement of ...

Filipino-American Asia Rose Simpson, a former Miss Teen USA contestant, is competing in the first edition of Miss World Quezon City, aiming for a spot in ...

(See photos of 51 Miss America’s Teen contestants in the gallery at the top of this post. This year’s list includes Miss Puerto Rico’s Teen, as well as competitors from all 50 states.) ...

Contributing fuel to the fire, comedian Bob Hope, who hosted the Miss World contest that year, made a joke in his standup routine that compared contestants with cows. "It's been quite a cattle ...