Miss Universe 2025 was plagued with controversy from the start. We spoke to over a dozen contestants to learn how the pageant ...

Open star Shawn Ray compared bodybuilding to a Miss Universe contest and argued that it's a pageant and an art form, not a ...

A McAlester native has added an impressive title to her list of accomplishments. McAlester High School alumna Lauren Giacomo was crowned Universal Miss Oklahoma. Universal Miss is a pageant system in ...

The main competition for the 2025 Miss Universe pageant hasn't even started, and already the 74th edition of the competition has generated scrutiny. The controversy over Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch‘s ...

Miss Universe judge Omar Harfouch has abruptly resigned from the pageant’s official jury just days before this year’s competition is set to kick off on Nov. 21. Harfouch took to his Instagram Stories ...

Miss USA 2025 will take place on Oct. 24, featuring contestants from 50 states and Washington, D.C. Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering entertainment and culture. She has been working at ...

Who are the judges this year? Judges for the Miss America finals include Heather Whitestone McCallum, an Alabama native who was named Miss America 1995. She won the national pageant in September 1994, ...