pageant
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Thom Brodeur, a former GoDaddy marketer, promised to turn competitors of Miss USA into modern “commerce queens” when he bought the 75-year-old pageant last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
This was going to be the first Miss USA pageant on TV in two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Last year, a beauty pageant contestant was commended for standing up to a group of men who tried to bully her and other contestants over the skirts and western dresses they were wearing.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It feels like the benefits and the perks that we have enjoyed for a long time keep vanishing,” said Todd Stubbler, a 61-year-old pageant helper who has worked at Disneyland for close to 35 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Hmmm. So you mean if I want a shot at winning the pageant, all I gotta do is rat you out to your dad?”
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
Founded in the Bay Area in 1965, the organization hosts drag pageants to raise funds for the LGBTQ+ community, namely to help those contending with HIV/AIDS and homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The shorts often satirize Christmas traditions such as gift-giving and pageants.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
More than 120 women from across the world have gathered in Thailand, vying to be crowned Miss Universe in a contest considered one of the "big four" of global beauty pageants.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
Similar successes in later years of Priyanka Chopra, Diana Hayden and Lara Dutta have only reinforced the belief that beauty pageants can be a ticket to success, especially for young women in small-town India.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
Whether disguised as Ben Franklin or a lowly drummer boy, he always acted a role in the elaborately staged pageants which he wrote and directed.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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