A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals. The term "beauty pageant" originally refers to the Big Four international beauty pageants. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Pageant titles are divided into Miss, Mrs., Mister, and Teen, as well as international, regional, and national—to clearly identify the differences among these categories. Similar events for male pageants are usually called by other names, some are likely to be bodybuilding competitions.
Major
The following are list of the world's Big Four international beauty pageants (the original Big Four) considered the most important in the world [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Minor
The following are minor beauty pageants:
The following are continental and regional pageants:
List of teen beauty pageants:
List of international marital beauty pageants:
List of senior women (aged 40+) beauty pageants:
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Major
List of the world's seven major male beauty pageants (the Big Seven);
Minor
The following are list of minor male beauty pageant.
List of teen beauty pageants:
Miss Puerto Rico is a national title bestowed on the women representing Puerto Rico in international beauty pageants.
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by The Times Group.
A number of beauty pageants may be known as variants of Miss México, including:
Mister Venezuela is an annual male pageant held in Venezuela. The winner and finalists from the contest go on to represent Venezuela in many international pageants. The Mister Venezuela pageant was started under the guardianship of Osmel Sousa and María Kallay with the intent of creating a male contest with the same discipline, quality and success as its female counterpart, Miss Venezuela.
Mister International is an international male beauty pageant that the Mister International Organization runs since 2006. Along with its rival contest, Mister World, this pageant is one of the two largest male beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions. Mister International Organization was Singapore-based owned and organized by the former president and late founder, Alan Sim.
Miss Ecuador is a national beauty pageant in Ecuador. The current Miss Ecuador is Delary Stoffers from Guayaquil. She won the title on July 1, 2023, and represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2023.
Miss Suriname is a national Beauty pageant in Suriname. The pageant is now under Tropical Beauties Suriname Foundation which selected the titleholders to Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational and Mister Supranational.
The Miss Denmark is a national Beauty pageant in Denmark. The pageant was founded in 1926, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe and other titleholders to Miss World, Miss International and Miss Supranational.
Mister Global is an annual men's beauty contest that has been held in Thailand since it was founded in 2014. The competition's inaugural edition was held in the village of Pak Chong — located some 170 kilometers to the northeast of Bangkok — with 16 participants. Myanmar's Myat Thuya Lwin emerged as the competition's first winner.
Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador is a national beauty pageant held annually in Ecuador. Initially, the contest was named Miss World Ecuador in 2013 until 2020 when it was renamed Consurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador. The winner is called Reina del Concurso Nacional de Belleza Ecuador, and she and her runner-ups can be the Ecuadorian representatives at Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Supranational or Miss Grand International in the year she has been chosen.
Esonica Veira is a US Virgin Islander model and beauty queen who won the title of Miss Universe US Virgin Islands 2017 and represented the US Virgin Islands at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant on November 26, 2017 in Las Vegas. Esonica was also appointed to be her territory's representative for Miss Earth 2014. Prior to joining Miss Earth, Esonica already represented her country in the Miss World 2011 pageant held in London, UK. After her Miss World participation, she was once again selected to compete in Miss Supranational 2013 in Minsk, Belarus.
Wilbert Ting Tolentino is a Filipino entrepreneur and philanthropist and a vlogger. Tolentino owns bars, a spas, and trading business.
Miss Earth Venezuela is an annual beauty pageant in Venezuela. The winner of Miss Earth Venezuela obtains the right to represent the country in the Miss Earth pageant, an annual international major beauty pageant that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation, and social responsibility.
Miss Earth Vietnam is the national beauty pageant of Vietnam, established in 2023 by TNÁ Entertainment, which is owned by former supermodel Trương Ngọc Ánh.
Miss Supranational is an annual international beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland. A parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, was launched in 2016, also in Poland.
Rodrigo Moreira, is an Ecuadorian model, actor and beauty pageant titleholder who won Mr. America Latina 2009 in Lima, Peru. He is currently a beauty pageant director and producer.
With the triumph of SJ Pretorius, South Africa celebrates a back-to-back win for the first time in history.
In the men's version the winners were: SJ Pretorius, Mr. Teen World 2022, who achieved a second consecutive victory for South Africa.