Beauty Pageant (Meaning)

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The phrase almost invariably refers only to contests for women and girls; similar events for men or boys are called by other names and are more likely to be bodybuilding contests. Winners of beauty contests are often called beauty queens. Children's beauty pageants mainly focus on beauty, gowns, sportswear modelling, talent, and personal interviews. Adult and teen pageants focus on makeup, hair and gowns, swimsuit modelling, and personal interviews. Possible awards include titles, tiaras or crowns, sashes, savings bonds, and cash prizes.


Four Major pageants which is held annually are the following,

MISS UNIVERSE:The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills

MISS INTERNATIONAL: is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.

MISS WORLD: is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.

MISS EARTH: is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness.^[1][2]Along with Miss Universe and Miss World contests, Miss Earth is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to participate in the world finals.^[3][4] Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world.^[5][6][7] The reigning titleholders dedicate their year to promote specific projects and often address issues concerning the environment and other global issues.