Is there more to pageantry than beauty and sequins? As the 25th anniversary of “Miss Congeniality” approaches, pageant contestants continue to challenge public conceptions and prove that competing isn ...

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Guests arrive from Mahe in a little plane to the former plantation, which is now a luxury resort with 50 villas. It’s A Retreat Amid Nature This is luxury in a well-manicured Seychellois wilderness of ...

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The organizing committee for the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) 2025 is making significant strides in preparation for this highly anticipated event, which officially kicks off this weekend. The ...

His latest book is “House of Bone and Rain.” The Japanese author Uketsu, according to his biography, “only ever appears online, wearing a mask and speaking through a voice changer.” ...

There are quite a few famous faces who began their career competing in beauty pageants. While some of these celebs did so on a smaller scale, taking part in local contests for kids, others made it ...

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Elaine, the Founder and CEO of The Mrs. World Pageant, was an absolute queen. Born in New York, you could immediately see that she stood out in a room full of people in the most pleasant way possible.

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