As a pageant contestant, Reyes came in as a runner-up in ‘Miss Ecuador,’ and eventually went on to compete in one of the major international pageants, ‘Miss Earth.’

Source: https://tuftsdaily.com/opinion/column/2023/03/17/las-letras-encubiertas-mis-plenos-poderes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=las-letras-encubiertas-mis-plenos-poderes&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=las-letras-encubiertas-mis-plenos-p

“Building expensive, stupid new statues with no faces on them—and tearing down others for no good reason—are part of the same performative altruism and purity pageants that are mainstays of the woke left,” Scott wrote.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/30/grotesque-woke-art-in-public-spaces-is-next-phase-in-war-on-history-culture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grotesque-woke-art-in-public-spaces-is-next-phase-in-war-on-history-culture

"But starting pageants really helped me recover and to love my body.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/i-lived-punnet-grapes-spending-26451915

Chavkin said that the fiction of the play will alternate with the reality of America — “every other scene is a sequence based very, very directly on research that Larissa did of real Thanksgiving Day pageants happening across the country.

Source: https://forward.com/culture/539242/rachel-chavkin-larissa-fasthorse-broadway-director-the-thanksgiving-play-jewish-native-american/

Established in 1968, the organization carved its path, boasting a syndicated television network to showcase Black women’s often-overlooked beauty, talent, and intelligence in mainstream pageants.

Source: https://seattlemedium.com/miss-black-america-pageant-returns-to-atlantic-city-for-55th-anniversary-celebration/

For each of the pageants, Madison choregraphs her own modern dance routine.

Source: https://thepostnewspaper.net/2023/09/12/madisons-journey-to-nationals/

However, she has been able to finally eat some pizza -- the food she said she missed the most while dieting and training for pageants.

Source: https://abc13.com/rbonney-gabriel-miss-texas-usa-universe-pageants/12718542/

If you look on Wikipedia, pageants have produced politicians and world leaders.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/09/29/how-to-fix-a-pageant-miss-usa-scandal/

In the Philippines, she participated in amateur pageants, and last year in Calgary, in a field of about two dozen candidates, Reyes won Miss Philippines Canada Queen Pride 2022.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-adrian-reyes-miss-international-queen-2023-1.6830204?cmp=rss

In the wake of Lucy’s unexpected death, Willowdean enrolls in one of her mother’s pageants as a form of protest.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/best-feel-good-movies-on-netflix/

Moreover, last December, the supposed-to-be standalone Supranational event was also announced in the lineup of international pageants that are set to launch this year.

Source: https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2023/02/01/241769/alv-pageant-circle-ends-franchise-deal-with-miss-supranational-org/

Next came a stint in beauty pageants.

Source: https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrity/kansas-city-chiefs-heiress-gracie-hunt-is-super-bowl-single

She added that she competed in the past, including the Miss Scuba UK in 2019 where she emerged as the top three winners, as well as other pageants.

Source: https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/11/26/scientific-observer-is-miss-scuba-international-2023/

The grade 11 pupil has been competing in pageants from a tender age.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/17-year-old-benoni-mathabo-matlou-new-york-fashion-week/

Yet colleague Jay is hosting, not one, but two pageants, side-by-side with barn livestock at Agricultural fair….on an Ash Wednesday.

Source: https://caymannewsservice.com/2023/02/government-looking-for-way-out-of-pageant-business/