Beauty Pageants

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

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 24, 2025

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'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

October 23, 2025

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

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

September 8, 2025

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

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, whose boyfriend is Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, was crowned the 97th Miss America after competing against 51 other hopefuls Jan. 5.

January 7, 2025

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

Miss Denmark Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins the title of Miss Universe 2024. Her victory marks the first time Denmark has taken home the crown in the global beauty pageant.

November 17, 2024

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

November 17, 2024

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

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

Miss Alabama Sara Milliken—who describes herself as "plus-sized"—called out critics for sharing "disgusting" comments about her appearance.

June 7, 2024

Jackeline Voigt and Barbara Srivastava, the respective moms of Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava, opened up about their daughters’ negative experiences as titleholders.

May 14, 2024

Stephanie Skinner's "extremely hard" decision follows on the heels of Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava giving up her title.

May 14, 2024

Miss Teen USA 2023 runner-up Stephanie Skinner shared that she made the "extremely difficult" decision to not take the pageant's crown after winner UmaSofia Srivastava recently stepped down.

May 13, 2024

Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava, the first Miss New Jersey Teen USA to earn the title, announces her resignation two days after Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt relinquishes her title.

May 9, 2024