Where all 24 "America's Next Top Model" winners are now, whether they still model—and if they appear in Netflix's documentary ...

Thirty-one pin-up contestants graced the stage for a final time before Miss Fanny Jayne accepted the crown for 2026 Miss ...

Andi Creech and Olivia Lancaster were crowned Miss Wilmington and Miss Wilmington’s Teen, respectively. The pageant returned on January 10, 2026, for the first time since 2020. Titleholders received ...

Crowned in 1984, Montiel reflects on the Venezuela she remembers and her concerns about what happens after Maduro. People in Denmark 'stunned' by Trump's Greenland comments, former ambassador says ...

HOUSTON — On a stage in 1984, Carmen María Montiel wasn’t just competing; she says she was representing an entire country. “I am Venezuela,” Montiel said. “I knew that I needed to leave my country ...

Venezuela was known for two things before Hugo Chávez took power: oil wealth and beauty queens. The Venezuelan pageant industry has long been a source of national pride. It provided an escape from ...

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Melissa Sapini, 22, represented Haiti at the international competition in Bangkok on Nov. 21 Mohan Raj/Getty; Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Following multiple controversies related to this ...

The messy Miss Universe news cycle did not end when the 2025 pageant crowned a winner on Nov. 21, as just days later, fourth runner-up Olivia Yacé publicly cut ties with the organization and resigned ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the scandal-ridden Miss Universe pageant, this is proving a big part of the problem. Opaque and subjective voting criteria have made it difficult to ...

Olivia Yacé, who represented Côte d'Ivoire at last week's Miss Universe 2025, has already stepped down from the title she won. The contestant, who was named Miss Universe Africa and Oceania, was the ...