Pageants

Beauty pageants as an institution, their international spread, and the protests against them including Atlantic City in 1968.

Part of Beauty Standards

143 moments in this segment.

  1. - Bruno Zilliacus 1903. Bruno Zilliacus (1877, 1926), winner of the first beauty pageant in Finland, in 1903.
  2. - Fay Lanphier 1926. Pictured here in 1925 after winning the Miss America title, Fay Elinora Lanphier (December 12, 1905, June 21, 1959) was an American model and actress. She had earlier won the titles of Miss Santa Cruz in 1924 and Miss California in 1925.
  3. - Margaret Gorman 1. A photo of the first Miss America winner, Margaret Gorman. This was the high-school photo she submitted to the committee which selected her.
  4. - Polly Salisbury LCCN2014713211. Polly Salisbury 1 negative: glass. Depicts Polly Salisbury, 2nd runner up in the Inter-City Beauty Contest in 1921 in Atlantic City.
  5. - Ethel Charles, Nellie Orr and Margaret Gorman at Union Station. Inter-city beauties Ethel Charles (hostess, Miss Atlantic City), Nellie Orr (Miss Philadelphia) and Margaret Gorman (Miss Washington, D.C.) at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Gorman would be crowned winner at the very first Miss America pageant.
  6. - [Miss Atlantic City, Miss Philadelphia, and Miss Washington]. Contestants at the first Miss America Pageant (1921) from Atlantic City, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
  7. - Margaret Gorman 4. A photo of the first Miss America winner, Margaret Gorman. This was the official photo of her as the winner.
  8. - Mary Katherine Campbell. Of Columbus Ohio, the only woman to hold the Miss America title twice. She is pictured after winning her first title, in 1922.
  9. - Miss America contestants 1925. Contestants in the 1925 Miss America Pageant at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  10. - The American Venus (1926) -1. Advertisement for the American comedy film The American Venus (1926), on pages 4 and 5 of the September 18, 1925 Film Daily.
  11. - The American Venus (1926) - 5. Still from the American comedy film The American Venus (1926) with Fay Lanphier, Miss America 1925, on page 38 of the October 24, 1925 Exhibitors Herald.
  12. - Ada Williams, "Miss Florida," 1927. Title Ada Williams, "Miss Florida," 1927 Summary Photograph shows Ada Williams in photographer's studio, holding trophy cup and wearing bathing suit and Miss Florida sash, posing with four other trophy cups and flowers. Contributor Names Wamsley, Edwin J., photographer Created / Published c1927.
  13. - International Pageant of Pulchritude 1928 2. Third International Pageant of Pulchritude and Ninth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, view with arms up, Galveston, Texas.
  14. - Miss Universe 1928 and Miss Universe 1927. Miss Universe 1928, Ella van Huesen of Chicago, stands with Miss Universe 1927, Dorothy Britton of New York.
  15. - Fourth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Tenth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston,.... Ude and Tenth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, June 8-12, 1929. Won by Lisl Goldarbeiter and considered Miss Universe.
  16. - Magda Demetrescu.04. Lisl Goldarbeiter (Miss Austria and Miss Universe 1929; first from left), Magda Demetrescu (Miss Romania 1929; second from left) and their mothers at Peleș Castle.
  17. - Lisl Goldarbeiter Miss Universe 1929. Lisl Goldarbeiter was an Austrian model and actress, who in 1929, became the first and only Austrian in history to win the Miss Universe.
  18. - Miss-verkiezingen, SFA022829052. Miss America 1929 in a swimsuit, sitting on a wall. Place unknown, USA, 1926.
  19. - Miss Universe 1930 Winners. "Photograph shows Miss Universe, center wearing crown, standing on steps with nine other beauty contestants, (Miss Pittsburgh, Miss New York, Miss Detroit, Miss Russia, Miss Roumania, Miss New Jersey, Miss Kentucky, Miss Brooklyn, and Miss Pennsylvania); large cut-out of the world and clouds in background." The photograph was taken at the 1930 International Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston.
  20. - 1933 Miss America panorama. 1933 Miss America contestants with Pageant Organizer Armand Nichols (there were 31 contestants - the photograph includes (non-contestant) hostess Miss Atlantic City but Miss Maine and Miss Oklahoma are missing). Thank you to Louis K.
  21. - 1933 American Ball Gala. 1933 American Beauty Ball Gala at the Miss America Pageant 1st Row - NH, NM, AC, KY, KS, Armand Nichols, NYS, NYC, DC and MO; 2nd Row - MA, IA, ME, MS, ID, NC, WV, NJ and AR; 3rd Row - VA, PA, MI, MD, VT, CT, WI, OH, DE, LA, CA and WA (Miss AC is hostess Miss Atlantic City; Miss IL is missing in the photo).
  22. - Miss America Susan Yvonne Perkins, 1977 (cropped). Title Photograph of Miss America Susan Yvonne Perkins, 1977 Date - Coverage 1977 Description Photograph of Miss America Susan Yvonne Perkins, dated 1977. Susan Yvonne Perkins was born April 28, 1954, in Middletown, Ohio, and on September 10, 1977, was crowned Miss America 1978 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  23. - Miss Paradise Park. Finalists on stage in the 9th Annual Miss Paradise Park pageant sponsored by the American Legion.
  24. - Deborah Bryant, Miss America 1966, postcard back. Text reads: Deborah Irene Bryant Selected Miss America 1966 at the National Finals of the Miss America pageant at Atlantic City, N. September 11, 1965 competing with 49 other con- testants representing the 50 states.
  25. - Rebecca Ann King NBC press photo. Caption reads: NBC-TV CAPTION Rebecca Ann King PROGRAM: Miss America Pageant TIME: NBC Television Network colorcast, Saturday, Sept.
  26. - Dorothy Benham Korea. Then-reigning Miss America 1977 Dorothy Benham peers at North Korean positions through a battery commanders scope during a recent visit of the Miss America 1977 USO tour show to artillery units in Korea.
  27. - Elizabeth Ward, Miss America press photo (cropped). Caption reads: READY FOR THE PAGEANT -- Gary Collins, making his debut as host of the Miss America Pageant, will share the stage with the reigning Miss America, Elizabeth Ward, who will crown her successor during the live telecast of the pageant on NBC Saturday, Sept. to midnight NYT).
  28. - Gretchen Carlson and Ronald Reagan in 1988. Miss America winner for 1988/89 Gretchen Carlson meets US President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office on 4 October 1988.
  29. - Bud Cramer and Heather Whitestone. Bud Cramer with Miss America Heather Whitestone of Alabama at Capitol Hill reception in Washington, D.C.
  30. - Kate Shindle (cropped). American actress and 1998 Miss America Katherine "Kate" Shindle, at MTV taping of live performance of Broadway musical Legally Blonde, to air in a few weeks on the network.
  31. - Heather French - Wisconsin Challenge Academy. Miss America, Ms. Heather French, center, poses with cadets from the Challenge Academy and their organizational banner.
  32. - Heather French - Operation Stand Down. Miss America 2000, Heather French, speaks to homeless children during the closing ceremonies of Operation STAND DOWN at Lighthouse Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operation Stand Down was a five day drug, alcohol, and violence-free haven for homeless Veterans.
  33. - Heather French - Operation Stand Down 2. Miss America 2000, Heather French, serves food to homeless veterans during the closing ceremonies of Operation STAND DOWN at Lighthouse Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operation Stand Down was a five day drug, alcohol, and violence-free haven for homeless Veterans.
  34. - HeatherWhitestone. Former Miss America Heather Whitestone McCallum was the keynote speaker at a USAID-sponsored event marking National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
  35. - NatalieGlebova Tiara-2. Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova at the rehearsal of Miss Universe 2006 pageant in Los Angeles.
  36. - Lauren Nelson at Army Ball. SGT Anthony Bentley shares a moment with Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson at the Los Angeles area Army Ball on June 1 2007.
  37. - Lauren Nelson 2. Miss California 2007 Jacquelynne Fontaine (right) sings "God Bless America" to LTG Steven W. Boutelle, G-6/Chief Information Officer, while Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson waits for her turn to sing "The Impossible Dream".
  38. - Miss Oklahomas Tinker AB. Members of Tinker Airman Leadership School march past Miss America Lauren Nelson, center, and former Miss Americas from Oklahoma Jennifer Berry, left, and Jane Jayroe during the Oklahoma Centennial Parade opening ceremony.
  39. - Kirsten Haglund at USO Annual Awards Dinner. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Cartwright talks with Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund during the USO Annual Awards Dinner in Arlington, Va., March 25, 2008.
  40. - Miss World Bob Hope blooper 1970. A short clip of the compere on the London stage in 1970, caught out mid-routine as the auditorium turns against the broadcast.
  41. - Kirsten Haglund pitches at Opening Day 2. Kirsten Haglund - Miss America 2008 - celebrates a perfect toss while throwing out the first pitching at Opening Day in Detroit.
  42. - Kirsten Haglund pitches at Opening Day. Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund throws the first pitch at Opening Day in Detroit.
  43. - Kirsten Haglund. Miss America 2008, at a Miss America event preceding her win.
  44. - Kirsten Haglund at Pentagon. Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund autographs a photo for a wounded warrior during a luncheon in the Pentagon Sept. Wounded warriors are U.S.
  45. - The Judges of Miss World 1970. The panel seated in London in 1970 is identified name by name, including the South African presence that became a point of dispute around that year's contest.
  46. - Winners of the Miss Berean Area Pageant 2011. IMG_3338 Jenna Day at the Miss Berean Area Pageant on April 9, 2011.
  47. - Katie Jones and Mckenzie (6458843189). Woman’s Day Miss Country Girl Australia On Sydney Harbour Later tonight 30 stunning finalists from across regional Australia will compete at the National Final in the 2011 Woman’s Day Miss Country Girl Australia to be held on Sydney Harbour on board the deluxe cruise ship, Bella Vista.
  48. - Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Cameron Russell | TED. Cameron Russell, speaking as a working model, describes the styling, retouching and casting that produce a fashion image, and says the career came to her through inherited physical traits rather than achievement.
  49. - Miss America Pageant Protest of 1968. Photographs, leaflets and the ten-point statement issued by the 1968 organisers are laid out, covering the Freedom Trash Can and the objections the group put in writing.
  50. - Show Us Your Shoes 2013. Float in the 2013 Show Us Your Shoes parade, a part of the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  51. - Documental: La Belleza de las Rusas (de Cenicientas a Reinas). Modelling schools, contests and the marriage market in post-Soviet Russia are followed through young women who entered them, and the agents who recruited for work abroad.
  52. - Why did this woman storm Miss World pageant? Witness - BBC News. One of the London demonstrators recalls buying a ticket, waiting through the contest and rushing the stage, and explains what the Women's Liberation Workshop wanted the interruption to say.
  53. - Flashback Friday - 002 - Miss World 1970. A brief archive look back at the 1970 edition, with the parade of nations and the announcement of the result.
  54. - Kat Ray and Steve Harvey in 2015. A woman with a red dress with a sash across her chest with the words, "Ms. She is accompanied by Steve Harvey in a white tuxedo jacket and black pants.
  55. - SYND 1-11-70 MISS WORLD COMPETITION HELD IN LONDON AND PROTESTORS TRY TO DISRUPT. Agency footage from 1 November 1970 covers the run-up in London and demonstrators attempting to disrupt proceedings, shot for news syndication.
  56. - No More Miss America!. The 1968 slogan is taken as a starting point for an account of who wrote the protest's demands, what the crowning ceremony represented to them and how the press reported the day.
  57. - Daniella Seoane. Miss Charity and 1st Runner Up Daniella Seoane at Miss Latina Australia 2016 in Melbourne.
  58. - Iris Mittenaere in the Philippines (cropped). Miss Universe 2016, Iris Mittenaere as Miss Universe France during 65th Miss Universe activites in the Philippines.
  59. - Galina Capanni and Esteban Steven Escobar at Miss North Hollywood USA. Mrs Excellence Queen Galina Capanni and Esteban Steven Escobar Diversity News Magazine CEO, President and Executive Editor-in-chief arrive at the 5th annual Miss North Hollywood USA and Miss Universal City Usa 2017 Regional Pageant produced by Amanda Lee Wasvary from Miss North Hollywood USA.
  60. - Women's Liberation Showreel | Kinolibrary. Archive reels of women's liberation marches, banners, meetings and street actions are assembled, showing the placards and the printing that carried the arguments.
  61. - Women's Liberation Showreel | Kinolibrary. Archive reels of women's liberation marches, banners, meetings and street actions are assembled, showing the placards and the printing that carried the arguments.
  62. - Think & Drink - Pretty, Angry: Feminism and Protest Since 1968. A panel discussion traces American feminist protest from the 1968 boardwalk demonstration forward, covering what the organisers argued at the time and how later movements took up the tactics.
  63. - Think & Drink - Pretty, Angry: Feminism and Protest Since 1968. A panel discussion traces American feminist protest from the 1968 boardwalk demonstration forward, covering what the organisers argued at the time and how later movements took up the tactics.
  64. - Miss America - 1954 | Today In History | 11 Sep 18. Newsreel coverage from September 1954 follows the crowning on the Atlantic City boardwalk, the year the American broadcast first reached a national television audience.
  65. - Miss America - 1954 | Today In History | 11 Sep 18. Newsreel coverage from September 1954 follows the crowning on the Atlantic City boardwalk, the year the American broadcast first reached a national television audience.
  66. - Assia Uhanany Miss Deaf World 2018. Assia Uhanany from Israel was crowned as Miss Deaf World 2018 in the Saturday night on 29 September 2018 in the National House of Vinohrady, Prague, CZ.
  67. - Miss America Pageant 1954 Stock Video Archive. Silent stock footage from the 1954 event records the runway walk, the judges' table and the moment the sash and crown change hands.
  68. - Miss America Pageant 1954 Stock Video Archive. Silent stock footage from the 1954 event records the runway walk, the judges' table and the moment the sash and crown change hands.
  69. - Miss America 2020 - Mohegan Sun Arena. The Miss America 2020 stage in the Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut.
  70. - Jesse Craig (Miss Utah) (43917501035). Jesse Craig, the winner of the Miss Utah pageant, at a send-off party for the 2019 Miss America competition in the SCERA Center for the Arts.
  71. - Storied 1968: Miss America Pageant Protest. Minnesota participants and observers recall the 1968 boardwalk demonstration and the counter-demonstration on the same day, from a state historical collection of first-hand accounts.
  72. - Storied 1968: Miss America Pageant Protest. Minnesota participants and observers recall the 1968 boardwalk demonstration and the counter-demonstration on the same day, from a state historical collection of first-hand accounts.
  73. - MISBEHAVIOUR [HD] - The Real Women Who Changed Miss World. The women who planned the London disruption of 1970 appear alongside the actors playing them, discussing what the protest set out to do and how the dramatisation handled it.
  74. - MISBEHAVIOUR [HD] - The Real Women Who Changed Miss World. The women who planned the London disruption of 1970 appear alongside the actors playing them, discussing what the protest set out to do and how the dramatisation handled it.
  75. - 1970 Miss World Runner-Up Pearl Jansen Reveals How New Film Misbehaviour Changed Her Life | Lorraine. Pearl Jansen, placed second in London in 1970 while entered as Miss Africa South under apartheid's separate entries, talks about the contest and about seeing it dramatised decades later.
  76. - Jennifer Hosten (Winner 1970 Miss World) on telling her story in Misbehaviour - Premiere Interview. Jennifer Hosten of Grenada, who won in London in 1970, speaks at a film premiere about how she remembers the night and about being asked to revisit it on screen.
  77. - Jennifer Hosten (Winner 1970 Miss World) on telling her story in Misbehaviour - Premiere Interview. Jennifer Hosten of Grenada, who won in London in 1970, speaks at a film premiere about how she remembers the night and about being asked to revisit it on screen.
  78. - 1970 Miss World Runner-Up Pearl Jansen Reveals How New Film Misbehaviour Changed Her Life | Lorraine. Pearl Jansen, placed second in London in 1970 while entered as Miss Africa South under apartheid's separate entries, talks about the contest and about seeing it dramatised decades later.
  79. - Misbehaviour (2020) Crowning Moment Scene | Miss World 1970. A dramatised restaging of the moment the 1970 result was announced in London, with Jennifer Hosten of Grenada named winner.
  80. - Misbehaviour (2020) Crowning Moment Scene | Miss World 1970. A dramatised restaging of the moment the 1970 result was announced in London, with Jennifer Hosten of Grenada named winner.
  81. - Miss Trans Global 2020 Mela Franco Habijan PHOTOSHOOT 2. BEHIND THE SCENE IMAGES OF QUEEN GLOBAL'S FIRST OFFICIAL SHOOT COMMISSIONED BY ME FOR MISS TRANS GLOBAL ORGANISATION! These images are free to use by anyone in good faith, for educational purpose, articles, LGBTIQ, pageantry, activism, and transgender awareness.
  82. - The Miss America Pageant 100th Anniversary (Part 4: 1968-1971). Broadcast history of the American contest from 1968 to 1971 covers the protest outside, the arrival of the first Black contestant and the television format's response.
  83. - The Miss America Pageant 100th Anniversary (Part 4: 1968-1971). Broadcast history of the American contest from 1968 to 1971 covers the protest outside, the arrival of the first Black contestant and the television format's response.
  84. - Top 15 Fascinating Things You Didn’t Know About the History Of The Miss America Pageant. Rule changes, sponsorship arrangements and contested episodes from the American contest's long run are gathered together, including the scholarship claim the organisation built its public case on.
  85. - Top 15 Fascinating Things You Didn’t Know About the History Of The Miss America Pageant. Rule changes, sponsorship arrangements and contested episodes from the American contest's long run are gathered together, including the scholarship claim the organisation built its public case on.
  86. - Miss World 1970. The full London broadcast of 1970 runs its national parade, swimsuit and evening rounds, interrupted partway through by demonstrators in the stalls.
  87. - Miss World 1970. The full London broadcast of 1970 runs its national parade, swimsuit and evening rounds, interrupted partway through by demonstrators in the stalls.
  88. - Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam. London in 1970 saw two disputes collide at one contest: the disruption from the auditorium, and the question of South Africa entering separate white and Black contestants.
  89. - Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam. London in 1970 saw two disputes collide at one contest: the disruption from the auditorium, and the question of South Africa entering separate white and Black contestants.
  90. - Cheryl Adrienne Brown Qualified For The Miss America Beauty Pageant | This Week in Black History. Cheryl Browne became the first Black contestant to compete for the American national title in 1970, entering as Miss Iowa; the segment sets out how the rules had operated before then.
  91. - Cheryl Adrienne Brown Qualified For The Miss America Beauty Pageant | This Week in Black History. Cheryl Browne became the first Black contestant to compete for the American national title in 1970, entering as Miss Iowa; the segment sets out how the rules had operated before then.
  92. - 2021 Show Us Your Shoes Parade - Heather French. Miss America 2000 Heather French in the 2021 Show Us Your Shoes Parade in Mystic, Connecticut.
  93. - 2021 Show Us Your Shoes Parade - Sharlene Wells. Miss America 1985 Sharlene Wells in the 2021 Show Us Your Shoes Parade in Mystic, Connecticut.
  94. - 2021 Show Us Your Shoes Parade - Kellye Cash. Miss America 1987 Kellye Cash in the 2021 Show Us Your Shoes Parade in Mystic, Connecticut.
  95. - The Miss America Protest of 1968. New York Radical Women picketed the Atlantic City boardwalk in September 1968, throwing girdles, false eyelashes and magazines into a Freedom Trash Can; nothing was set alight.
  96. - The Miss America Protest of 1968. New York Radical Women picketed the Atlantic City boardwalk in September 1968, throwing girdles, false eyelashes and magazines into a Freedom Trash Can; nothing was set alight.
  97. - Feminist Texts: Women Resistance and Revolution (1974) by Sheila Rowbotham - 2. Sheila Rowbotham's 1974 writing on women, resistance and revolution is read and discussed, setting the contest protests within a longer socialist-feminist argument about work and the family.
  98. - Feminist Texts: Women Resistance and Revolution (1974) by Sheila Rowbotham - 2. Sheila Rowbotham's 1974 writing on women, resistance and revolution is read and discussed, setting the contest protests within a longer socialist-feminist argument about work and the family.
  99. - Miss Model of the World 2022. Winner and title holders of the 32th Miss Model of the World.
  100. - Belleza blanqueada Documental de RT. Skin-lightening products and the preference for pale skin in Latin America are examined through sellers, users and dermatologists, alongside the casting conventions of regional television.
  101. - Belleza blanqueada Documental de RT. Skin-lightening products and the preference for pale skin in Latin America are examined through sellers, users and dermatologists, alongside the casting conventions of regional television.
  102. - Penny Pearlman Mrs. America Lecture. Penny Pearlman speaks about the married-women's contest circuit in the United States, drawing on interviews with titleholders about preparation, coaching and what a crown was expected to deliver afterwards.
  103. - Penny Pearlman Mrs. America Lecture. Penny Pearlman speaks about the married-women's contest circuit in the United States, drawing on interviews with titleholders about preparation, coaching and what a crown was expected to deliver afterwards.
  104. - MISS WORLD 1970 Special Guest: Bob Hope. Bob Hope's booking as guest compere in London in 1970 is covered through his routine, the material he brought from American television and the reception it met that night.
  105. - MISS WORLD 1970 Special Guest: Bob Hope. Bob Hope's booking as guest compere in London in 1970 is covered through his routine, the material he brought from American television and the reception it met that night.
  106. - Miss Minnesota recalls the 1968 protest at the Miss America pageant. A former state titleholder describes what the competitors saw from inside the Atlantic City hall in 1968 while the demonstration ran outside and a banner appeared in the balcony.
  107. - Miss Minnesota recalls the 1968 protest at the Miss America pageant. A former state titleholder describes what the competitors saw from inside the Atlantic City hall in 1968 while the demonstration ran outside and a banner appeared in the balcony.
  108. - Agbani Darego The Beauty Queen That Changed Black African History. Agbani Darego of Nigeria took the Miss World title in 2001, the first Black African woman to do so, and the account weighs what her win meant against the body ideals prevailing at home.
  109. - Agbani Darego The Beauty Queen That Changed Black African History. Agbani Darego of Nigeria took the Miss World title in 2001, the first Black African woman to do so, and the account weighs what her win meant against the body ideals prevailing at home.
  110. - Jamaican Black History - The Colorism Pageant of 1955. A Jamaican contest of 1955 divided entrants into categories graded by skin tone, and the segment lays out how the classes were named and what the arrangement reveals about colourism in the island's social hierarchy.
  111. - Jamaican Black History - The Colorism Pageant of 1955. A Jamaican contest of 1955 divided entrants into categories graded by skin tone, and the segment lays out how the classes were named and what the arrangement reveals about colourism in the island's social hierarchy.
  112. - 1969 Miss America Judy Ford - The Ken Behrens Audio Archives (Circa 1970). Judith Ford, crowned in 1969 as a gymnast and trampolinist, is interviewed shortly after her year about the talent round, the touring schedule and what the organisation asked of a titleholder.
  113. - 1969 Miss America Judy Ford - The Ken Behrens Audio Archives (Circa 1970). Judith Ford, crowned in 1969 as a gymnast and trampolinist, is interviewed shortly after her year about the talent round, the touring schedule and what the organisation asked of a titleholder.
  114. - Veronica Rishima Keva Zen. She competed in the Miss Vietnam 2025 contest to reach the top 10 finalists, in 2026 she competed in the Miss Universe Vietnam contest and won the highest place, she was awarded the Miss Universe 2026 contest to enter the prestigious position of the pageant. contest and be the winner.
  115. - AMAZING Photos from the FIRST Miss America Beauty Pageants!. Photographs from the earliest Atlantic City competitions of the 1920s show the bathing costumes, the boardwalk rolling chairs and the seaside trade-fair purpose the event was built to serve.
  116. - AMAZING Photos from the FIRST Miss America Beauty Pageants!. Photographs from the earliest Atlantic City competitions of the 1920s show the bathing costumes, the boardwalk rolling chairs and the seaside trade-fair purpose the event was built to serve.
  117. - Miss Universe 1954 Documentary. The inaugural Miss Universe, held at Long Beach in 1952 and built around a swimsuit manufacturer's sponsorship, is reconstructed through its early editions and the national franchises that fed it.
  118. - Miss Universe 1954 Documentary. The inaugural Miss Universe, held at Long Beach in 1952 and built around a swimsuit manufacturer's sponsorship, is reconstructed through its early editions and the national franchises that fed it.
  119. - Vanessa Mendoza: la reina que cambió la belleza en Colombia | Su Majestad el Reinado. Vanessa Mendoza won Colombia's national title in 2001 as the first Afro-Colombian holder, and speaks about the reception she met in a country where the crown had carried a narrow idea of who could wear it.
  120. - Vanessa Mendoza: la reina que cambió la belleza en Colombia | Su Majestad el Reinado. Vanessa Mendoza won Colombia's national title in 2001 as the first Afro-Colombian holder, and speaks about the reception she met in a country where the crown had carried a narrow idea of who could wear it.
  121. - Documental histórico del concurso Reina de Milagro.. A regional Ecuadorian contest in Milagro is documented through its committee, its floats and decades of local crownings, showing how a municipal title organises civic life.
  122. - Documental histórico del concurso Reina de Milagro.. A regional Ecuadorian contest in Milagro is documented through its committee, its floats and decades of local crownings, showing how a municipal title organises civic life.
  123. - Miss Sarajevo, la historia. Held under siege in 1993, a contest in Sarajevo produced the banner reading Don't Let Them Kill Us; the organisers and participants explain what the staging was for.
  124. - Miss Sarajevo, la historia. Held under siege in 1993, a contest in Sarajevo produced the banner reading Don't Let Them Kill Us; the organisers and participants explain what the staging was for.
  125. - JennMissMizoram2024. A picture of a newly crowned Miss Mizoram 2024.
  126. - Nigeria's TROUBLING history at Miss Universe. 🚩. Nigeria's record at international contests is reviewed through selection rows, sponsorship trouble and the 2002 riots that followed a newspaper column about the Miss World event scheduled in Abuja.
  127. - Nigeria's TROUBLING history at Miss Universe. 🚩. Nigeria's record at international contests is reviewed through selection rows, sponsorship trouble and the 2002 riots that followed a newspaper column about the Miss World event scheduled in Abuja.
  128. - Bob Hope vs Women's Liberation Movement (Miss World 1970) - 'November 20th 1970'.. Bob Hope was on stage in London on 20 November 1970 when demonstrators interrupted the broadcast with flour bombs and rattles; his response and the show's resumption are reconstructed.
  129. - Bob Hope vs Women's Liberation Movement (Miss World 1970) - 'November 20th 1970'.. Bob Hope was on stage in London on 20 November 1970 when demonstrators interrupted the broadcast with flour bombs and rattles; his response and the show's resumption are reconstructed.
  130. - Crowning of Femina Miss India 2024 1st Runner-Up - Rekha Pandey. The moment captures the crowning of Femina Miss India 2024 1st Runner-Up, Rekha Pandey at the 60th Femina Miss India pageant show.
  131. - THE REBELLION OF BEAUTY: \"Inside the First Miss BLACK AMERICA\" (1968 Archive). Staged in Atlantic City in 1968 as an answer to a contest that had never crowned a Black winner, the first Miss Black America drew organisers, entrants and press who explain what the title was meant to establish.
  132. - THE REBELLION OF BEAUTY: \"Inside the First Miss BLACK AMERICA\" (1968 Archive). Staged in Atlantic City in 1968 as an answer to a contest that had never crowned a Black winner, the first Miss Black America drew organisers, entrants and press who explain what the title was meant to establish.
  133. - Every Miss America Winner from 1921 to 2025 | Full History Timeline. Every winner of the American national title is presented in sequence from 1921 onward, tracing how the crown, the sash and the staging changed across a century.
  134. - Every Miss America Winner from 1921 to 2025 | Full History Timeline. Every winner of the American national title is presented in sequence from 1921 onward, tracing how the crown, the sash and the staging changed across a century.
  135. - Heather French Henry 2025. Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000 at the Miss America 2025 competition in Orlando, Florida.
  136. - Miss America 2025 07. The judging panel for Miss America 2025 at the Walt Disney Theater in the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida.
  137. - Nadeen Ayoub. Miss Universe Palestine 2025, Nadeen Ayoub appeared in the semifinals of the Miss Universe 2025 swimsuit competition held in November 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.
  138. - Heather Whitestone McCallum 2025. Heather Whitestone McCallum, Miss America 1995 at the Miss America 2025 competition in Orlando, Florida.
  139. - Zashely Alicea on GrandTV. Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2025 Zashely Alicea. The Swimsuit Fashion Show of The 74th Miss Universe Contestants!
  140. - Aldana Masset. Miss Universe Argentina 2025, Aldana Masset attended the Miss Universe 2025 Coronation Party which was held on November 21, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.
  141. - Jennifer Barreto - Miss San Sebastian (cropped). Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2026, Jennifer Barreto is welcomed by the Mayor of the Municipality of San Sebastián, Layito Cardona.
  142. - Fátima Bosch's painting 2. Painting of Miss Universe 2025, Fátima Bosch from Mexico in Santiago de Teapa.
  143. - Praveenar Singh in Miss Universe Thailand 2026 (cropped). Miss Universe Thailand 2026 was won by Tharina Botes from Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and crowned by Praveenar Singh from Saraburi.
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