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Anesa Kajtazovic

After graduating college, Kajtazovic ran in the Iowa State Fair Pageant that same year, where she was the third runner-up (fourth place), thus winning a USD$300 scholarship and a USD$100 U.S. Savings Bond; since she already graduated, she said she planned to put the money into a savings account.


Abril Rodríguez

Abril Fernández competed against thirty-four other young women in the 2009 national Nuestra Belleza México pageant.

Aflalo

Valerie Aflalo (born 1976), Swedish model, beauty pageant winner and fashion designer

Aisha Berry

Berry won the Miss Ohio USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in late 2004.

Annalie Forbes

Annalie or Ali for short was 1st runner-up at the Binibining Pilipinas 2012 pageant with co-winners, Miss Universe Philippines Janine Mari Tugonon, Binibining Pilipinas International Nicole Cassandra Schmitz, Binibining Pilipinas Tourism Katrina Jayne Dimaranan, and Miss Supranational Philippines Elaine Kay Moll.

Ayesha Gilani

Ayesha Gilani won the Miss Pakistan World title on the 23rd of June 2009 in Toronto, Canada, where the Miss Pakistan World pageant gets hosted every year, which was started by Sonia Ahmed.

Azra Akın

Thus, she represented Turkey in the Miss World beauty pageant which was held on December 7, 2002 at Alexandra Palace, London, which she also won.

Candy Davis

She won the Miss Nude pageant in 1982 and subsequently took on the role as the buxom blonde secretary, Miss Belfridge, on the last two series of the British sitcom Are You Being Served?.

Daniela Torrealba

The pageant was broadcast live via ABS-CBN in the Philippines and to many countries worldwide via Star World, The Filipino Channel and other partner networks.

Débora Sulca

In May she competed in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand, where she placed finalist on the 6th place (in the top ten).

Edelweiss Cheung

Edelweiss was not invited to present at Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2009 and crown her successor Sandy Lau, Miss Hong Kong 2009, instead TVB invited Miss Hong Kong 1977 Ms Loletta Chu to crown for Lau.

Elizabeth Key Grinstead

Tara Grinstead, missing Georgia beauty pageant winner and high school teacher

International Pageant of Pulchritude

The title of the pageant was parodied by science-fiction author Keith Laumer in his story "Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude".

Iris Maity

She was adjudged as 'I AM Photogenic' in the I AM She 2010, the 1st Miss India Universe pageant, which was held on May 28, 2010 in Mumbai.

Isabel Lestapier Winqvist

She was crowned on 21 April 2007 by her precursor, Josephine Alhanko, who was semi-finalist at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant, held in Hollywood.

Jamie Wilson

Wilson represented Louisiana in the Miss America 2007 pageant broadcast live from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on the Las Vegas Strip on 29 January 2007 but did not win any preliminary awards or place in the final competition.

Jennifer Gareis

She later competed in New York, winning the Miss New York USA 1994 title, and representing New York in the Miss USA 1994 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas on February 11, 1994.

Jessica García Formenti

García Formenti competed in the 52nd Miss International pageant, which was be held on November, 2012 where she was a semifinalist in the top 15.

Jill Gulseth

In April 2005 Gulseth represented Illinois in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland, wearing clothing she had made herself, and placed third runner-up to Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.

Karen Soto

Soto was crowned Miss Venezuela World 2013 during the first edition of Miss Venezuela World pageant, held on August 10, 2013 in Caracas.

Kristina Ruisánchez

Kristina placed 2nd Runner-up at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 pageant where she competed as Miss Trujillo Alto.

Kylie Williams

Williams went on to represent Florida in the Miss America 2008 pageant, where she made the top fifteen and was first runner-up to the Quality of Life award.

Lana Obad

Lana Obad stands 173 cm and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant on August 23, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Len Reynolds

As news of Len's death spread around the village, Len's body was driven away in an ambulance whilst Katherine Jenkins sang him out, although as she was closing the pageant, unaware of the death that had occurred in the village.

Ludmilla Radchenko

In 1997 she was elected Miss Congeniality at the national Miss Russia beauty pageant, with television appearances in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Lyndel Soon

She was asked to fill in the state level position as a favor, due to a fact that a delegate of (Kedah state, Malaysia) had quit 2 weeks before the Miss Malaysia Tourism pageant.

Maegan Phillips

Maegan competed in the Miss Virginia Teen USA pageant from 2004–2006, placing in the semi-finals all three years.

Meaghan Jarensky

Meaghan Jarensky Castaldi is a beauty queen from The Bronx, New York who has competed in the Miss USA 2005 pageant.

Memić

Gizem Memiç, Turkish beauty pageant contestant from Gaziantep who won Miss Turkey 2010

Miss Angola USA

The first official Miss Angola USA pageant was held on September 22, 2012, at the Warner Theatre in Washington DC.

Miss Atlántico Internacional 2008

Miss Atlántico Internacional 2008 (or Miss Atlantic International 2008), the 22nd edition of the Miss Atlantic International beauty pageant, was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay on Saturday, January 26, at 22:00 hours and was delivered by Teledoce Televisora color, live and direct satellite television and Latin America, are now setting out for the broadcast across the globe.

Miss China

Miss Universe China, a beauty pageant that selects China's representative to Miss Universe.

Miss Mexico Pageant

Señorita México (1952 - 1993), former Mexican beauty pageant that selected representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.

Miss Philippines Earth 2008

Maria Venus Raj competed at the Binibining Pilipinas 2010 title on March 6, 2010 where she won the Bb. Pilipinas-Universe title, but she was briefly replaced by second runner up Helen Nicolette Henson as the Philippines' representative to the Miss Universe 2010 pageant.

Miss Pokhara

Miss Pokhara is a beauty pageant which began in 1995 for the girls of Western Development Region.

Miss Tall International

The Miss Tall International® pageant selects a representative of the Tall Clubs International.

Myah Moore

She did not place in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Susie Castillo of Massachusetts.

Nikkie Groat

Groat's first pageant experience came in 2003 when she entered and won the Miss Union County pageant, which allowed her to enter the Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant, where she was a top twelve semi-finalist.

Nikkie Groat is a beauty queen from Matthews, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Rajeev Singh

He was the winner of Gladrags Super Model 2000 conest and the Manhunt International pageant held in Beijing, China in 2001.

Rebecca Ann King

Her daughter, Diana Dreman, won the Miss Colorado 2011 pageant and competed at the Miss America 2012, making her the first daughter of a Miss America ever to compete for the Miss America title.

Sara El-Khouly

As an experienced beauty pageant contestant, Sara was therefore handpicked as the official Egyptian representative to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant to be held on September 12, 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Señorita Panamá 1991

The pageant was broadcast live on RPC Panamá and produced with the collaboration of Venevision.

Singapore Cable Car

It played hosts to the contestants of the Miss World Pageant when it was held in Singapore in 1989, as well as the sportsmen and officials who were there for the Southeast Asian Games in 1990.

Sirio Maccioni

On television, he has been featured as a guest judge on Top Chef, the 48th Annual Miss Universe Pageant and as himself in Charlie Rose, Behind Closed Doors and Eat This New York.

The Pedruco Sisters

The Pedruco Sisters is a family of 4 sisters who have competed at the Miss Chinese International pageant and Miss World pageant representing Macau.

The Royal Regiment of Canada

International commitments include: performances for the United Nations in Cyprus; the Military Musical Pageant, held at Wembley Stadium, in London, England; a command performance for the colonel-in-chief, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace; and, being selected as the official band to accompany the veterans and the official party to the United Kingdom and France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the raid on Dieppe August 19, 1942.

Timeline of San Bernardino, California history

The Miss USA Pageant is held in San Bernardino on July 25, and televised on CBS.

Wendy Dascomb

Dascomb later represented the United States in the Miss Universe pageant where she placed in the semi-finals.

Wendy Dascomb (born c. 1949) is a pageant titleholder from Metairie, Louisiana, who held the Miss USA 1969 title.


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