Beauty Pageants
Miss USA 2024 Alma Cooper Skipping 2025 Pageant With Cryptic Message
Hours before Miss USA 2025's final round and crowning ceremony, Miss USA 2024 winner Alma Cooper announced that she had "made the extremely difficult decision" to skip the Oct. 24 event.
October 24, 2025
Miss Panama Mistakenly Believes Her Name Is Called in Awkward Beauty Pageant Moment
Things quickly got awkward at the 2025 Miss Grand International beauty pageant in Bangkok Oct. 18 when Miss Panama Isamar Herrera mistakenly believed her country had been called.
October 23, 2025
Miss Nevada USA Mary Sickler, Who Has Alopecia, Ditches Wig in Powerful Onstage Moment
Miss Nevada USA's Mary Sickler, who was diagnosed with alopecia universalis, dazzled onstage at the Miss USA preliminaries Oct. 22 without her wig for her final look of the evening.
October 23, 2025
Rules of the Miss America Pageant
October 23, 2025
Miss America 2026 Cassie Donegan Responds to Criticism of Her Pageant Makeup
Miss America 2026 Cassie Donegan brushed off criticism over her makeup at the national pageant, sharing that the "most important thing" is for her to inspire others.
September 9, 2025
Miss America Contestants Must Abide By These Strict Rules
The Miss America competition—which recently crowned Miss New York Cassie Donegan as its new title holder—has (pageant) waved buh-bye to the swimsuit competition, but several rules remain in place.
September 8, 2025
Miss America: 92 Years of Winners
September 8, 2025
Miss Grand International’s Rachel Gupta Steps Down, Alleges Harassment by Organization
As Rachel Gupta, the former Miss Grand International 2024, announced the end of her reign, she alleged the organization behind the beauty pageant created a hostile environment.
June 5, 2025
Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend Jordon Hudson Competing for Miss Maine USA 2025
Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson, announced she is representing her hometown, Hancock, in the Miss Maine USA 2025 pageant.
April 10, 2025
Alabama Nursing Student Abbie Stockard, Girlfriend of NBA Star Walker Kessler, Wins Miss America
Alabama nursing student Abbie Stockard, whose boyfriend is Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, was crowned the 97th Miss America after competing against 51 other hopefuls Jan. 5.
January 6, 2025
Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig Crowned Miss Universe 2024 Winner
Find out more about Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig, the winner of the 2024 Miss Universe pageant, and see photos of her and other contestants during the competition.
November 17, 2024
Miss Universe 2024 Pageant
November 17, 2024
Ballerina Farm Influencer Hannah Neeleman Returns to Mrs. American Pageant to Crown Successor
One year after taking home the top honor at Mrs. American 2023, Hannah Neeleman—known on TikTok as Ballerina Farm—documented returning to the beauty pageant to crown the 2024 winner.
August 26, 2024
Miss USA 2024 Alma Cooper Shares How Pageant Changed After Noelia Voigt Relinquished Her Title
Alma Cooper, the Miss USA 2024 winner, told E! News in an exclusive interview the importance of her title months after Noelia Voigt stepped down to focus on her mental health.
August 6, 2024