JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Miss Russia Ksenia Sukhinova was crowned this year's Miss World Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa.
NHA TRANG, Vietnam, July 14 (UPI) -- Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in a pageant in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam.
NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. television personality Jerry Springer and British singer Mel B. have been named co-hosts of the upcoming Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam.
GOLDEN HILL, Md., March 1 (UPI) -- One contestant in this year's Miss Outdoors pageant on the Eastern Shore of Maryland demonstrated her talent for skinning muskrats.
NOTTINGHAM, England, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- British researchers have created a computer modeling technique that has helped produce what's billed as the fastest swimsuit in the world.
TORONTO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A Canadian beauty queen said she was fired as a judge at a Toronto beauty pageant after officials discovered that she reads tarot cards.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A $3,400 dress belonging to Miss South Florida was vandalized during the pageant, sparking a Palm Beach Police investigation.
SANYA, China, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Fireworks exploded and China cheered as a 23-year-old beauty from Beijing was crowned Miss World 2007.
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Miss Colorado Teen USA Hilary Carol Cruz was named this year's winner of the Miss Teen USA title during a live event in Pasadena, Calif.
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Cable network TLC has signed a three-year pact to carry "The Miss America Pageant," and will air contestant profiles in the weeks leading up to the event.
BERLIN, April 27 (UPI) -- A German lingerie producer has designed a solar-powered bathing suit that can recharge an iPod while the wearer is sunbathing.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 25 (UPI) -- This year's Miss Universe pageant won't have a contestant from Sweden because the event is behind the times, organizers in the Scandinavian nation say.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 24 (UPI) -- The newly crowned Miss Sweden, Isabel Lestapier Winqvist, risks losing her title based on revelations that she once appeared in a men's magazine.
NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. cable channel CMT has decided not to renew its option for the Miss America Pageant, leaving the pageant without a TV spot, a report says.
SAN DIEGO, March 30 (UPI) -- A police officer who claimed she was pressured to stop competing in beauty contests has sued the city of Chula Vista, Calif. along with its police department.
