KnowraBeauty pageantBeauty pageantA contest in which participants are judged on appearance and often on talent, interviews, or other qualities.BriefConnectPageant judging: The evaluation of pageant contestants against criteria such as presentation, interviews, talent, and appearance. Judges translate a pageant’s stated criteria into scores and rankings.Bathing beauty contest: A public competition in which women were judged in bathing attire, popular in the early twentieth century. These contests helped establish swimsuit display as a pageant convention.Bert Parks: An American television host best known for hosting the Miss America pageant from 1955 to 1979. His televised hosting helped make Miss America a familiar national spectacle.Beauty standard: A culturally shaped set of ideals about physical attractiveness. Pageants display and reward particular ideals of appearance.Miss World: An international beauty pageant founded in the United Kingdom in 1951. Its format and charitable projects offer a distinct model of global pageantry.Swimsuit competition: A pageant segment in which contestants are evaluated while wearing swimsuits. This segment makes judgments of physical appearance especially explicit.Miss America: An annual American pageant founded in 1921 and known for scholarships and public appearances. Its history traces the rise of a major modern national pageant.Vanessa Williams: An American singer and actor who became the first Black woman crowned Miss America in 1983. Her title and subsequent resignation exposed racial barriers and the pressures surrounding the crown.Beauty pageant protest: Public opposition to pageants, often criticizing their treatment of women and standards of beauty. Protests challenge the pageant’s claims about merit and representation.Miss Universe: An international beauty pageant first held in 1952. Its competition illustrates a major alternative to the Miss America model.Show all 25Linked from 6 pagesArmi KuuselaNarrower topic: Kuusela’s title was an early global example of this competitive format.SupermodelCompared with: Pageant fame may lead to modeling, but competition titles do not themselves confer supermodel status.Sex symbolCompared with: Pageants formalize appearance judgments rather than creating a celebrity persona.Adriana LimaCompared with: Pageants are sometimes confused with modeling careers, but Lima’s professional path centered on fashion work.Show all 6