List of beauty pageants
This is a list of beauty pageants from around the world. A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria.[1][2][3] The pageant industry commonly uses three specific courtesy titles – Miss, Ms and Mrs – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Similar events for men or boys are usually called by other names and are more likely to be bodybuilding contests.
Women's pageants
International pageants
Major international pageants
The following is the list of the world's four major beauty contests in alphabetical order (referred to as the Big Four):[1][2][3][4][5]
- Miss Earth (2001–present)
- Miss International (1960–present)
- Miss Universe (1952–present)
- Miss World (1951–present)
Minor international pageants
List of notable minor international pageants in alphabetical order:
- Miss Global (2013–present)
- Miss Globe International (1988–present)
- Miss Heritage (2013–present)
- Miss Model of the World (1988–present)
- Miss Teenager Universal (1990–present)
- Miss Teen International (1993–present)
- Miss Tourism International (1994–present)
- Mrs. Globe (1998–present)[6]
- Mrs. Universe (2007–present)
- Ms. International (2010–present)
- Top Model of the World (1993–present)
- World Miss University (1986–present)
- Miss Supertalent ( 2011–present )
Continental and regional pageants
- Miss América Latina (1981–present)
- Miss Asia Pacific International (1968–2005, 2016–present)
- Miss Asia Pacific World (2011–present)
- Miss Arab World (2006–present)
- Miss Chinese International Pageant (1988–present)
- Miss India Worldwide (1990–present)
- Miss Europe (1928–present)
- Miss University Africa (2010–present)
- Reina Hispanoamericana (1991–present)
- World Muslimah (2011–present)
Former pageants
- International Pageant of Pulchritude (1926–1935)
- Miss Asia Pageant (1985–1999, 2004–2014)
National pageants
Africa
Algeria Angola Botswana Cameroon Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Congo Democratic Republic Congo Republic Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Kenya Liberia Madagascar Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria - Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria
- Miss Nigeria
- Miss Earth Nigeria
- Miss Ideal Nigeria
- Mr Ideal Nigeria
Republic of the Congo Réunion Sierra Leone Senegal South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China Cyprus Georgia India Indonesia Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos - Miss Universe Laos (Miss World Laos)
Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Turkey Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe
Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Macedonia Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal - Miss República Portuguesa
- Miss Queen Portugal (Miss Earth Portugal)
Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
North America
Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Saint-Martin Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States - Miss USA
- Miss Teen USA
- Miss America
- Miss America's Outstanding Teen
- Miss United States
- Miss Earth United States
- Miss U.S. International
- Miss World America
- Distinguished Young Women
- Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA
- Hawaiian Tropic Teen Miss
- Miss Black America
- Miss Black USA Pageant
- Miss Chinatown USA
- Miss Brasil USA
- Miss Latina US
- Miss Teen US Latina
- Miss Asian America
- Miss Viet Nam Continents
- Mrs. America
- Miss Arab USA
- Miss Teenage America
- Miss Teen America
- National Sweetheart
U.S. Virgin Islands
Oceania
South America
Former states
Serbia and Montenegro (before 2006) Yugoslavia (before 2002) Soviet Union (before 1991)
Men's pageants
International pageants
- Mr. Universe Tourism (2017 - present)
- Manhunt International (1993–2012, 2016–present)
- Mister Global (2014–present)
- Mister International (2006–present)
- Mister World (1996–present)
- Mister Model International (2013–present)
- Mister icon world (2016 to present)
- Mister middle east Asia (2017 to present)
Continental and regional pageants
- Mister Gay Europe (2005–present)
- Mr. Asia (2005–present)
National pageants
Africa
Asia
China India Indonesia Lebanon Philippines - Mr. Universe Tourism Philippines
- Manhunt International Philippines
- Mister Philippines
- Misters of Filipinas
- Mr. Gay World Philippines
Thailand
Europe
North America
South America
Other pageants
Asia
References
- 1 2 "Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant". China Daily. Reuters. 2004-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- 1 2 "Brazil's Miss World finalist has her hands and feet amputated". English.pravda.ru. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- 1 2 Enriquez, Amee (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ↑ "24-year-old former Tian Zhizi elected as "Miss Japan 2011"". Business Times (Hong Kong). 4 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ↑ "Beauty with scandals". The Standard. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ↑ "Belarusian Svetlana Kuznetsova has been named Mrs. Globe 2017 at the 20th edition of the prestigious beauty pageant". Belarus Feed (Online). BelarusFeed Copyright © 2017. December 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ Changed name to Miss Lindeza in 2017