List of beauty pageants

This is a list of beauty pageants from around the world. A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The term beauty pageant refers originally to contests for women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants.[1][2][3] The pageant industry commonly uses three specific courtesy titles – Miss, Ms and Mrs – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Similar events for men or boys are usually called by other names and are more likely to be bodybuilding contests.

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Women's pageants

International pageants

Major international pageants

The following is the list of the world's four major beauty contests in alphabetical order (referred to as the Big Four):[1][2][3][4][5]

Minor international pageants

List of minor international pageants in alphabetical order:

Continental and regional pageants

The following are continental and regional pageants in alphabetical order:

Former pageant

National pageants

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

Former states

Men's pageants

International pageants

Continental and regional pageants

Former pageants
  • Mr. International (1998–2003)

National pageants

Asia

Europe

North America

South America

Other pageants

Continental and regional pageants

Former pageants

National pageants

Africa

Asia

Europe

South America

See also

References
  1. "Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". China Daily. Reuters. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  2. "Brazil's Miss World finalist has her hands and feet amputated". English.pravda.ru. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. Enriquez, Amee (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. "24-year-old former Tian Zhizi elected as "Miss Japan 2011"". Business Times (Hong Kong). 4 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  5. "Beauty with scandals". The Standard. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  6. "Belarusian Svetlana Kuznetsova has been named Mrs. Globe 2017 at the 20th edition of the prestigious beauty pageant". Belarus Feed (Online). BelarusFeed Copyright © 2017. December 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. Changed name to Miss Lindeza in 2017
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