Miss America is getting a makeover. The show, which has tried to reinvent its antiquated image over the past few years, has taken a cue from hit series “American Idol” for its 88th pageant. Miss America will be introducing a new judging feature on its four-part reality series, allowing television viewers to vote on...
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The two-time Miss World finalist who had her hands and feet amputated due to a life-threatening infection is still in dire condition, according to her family. A blog created to provide updates on Mariana Bridi da Costa of Brazil says the model’s stomach had to be removed during her most recent surgery because of...
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She was crowned Miss Brooklyn but lived in Manhattan. Then she became Miss New York, despite hailing from Virginia. Now Leigh-Taylor Smith is hoping to make it to the top by being named Miss America. The 23-year-old, who lives on the lower East Side, will battle it out against 51 other beauties Saturday in...
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled guns and ammunition, police say. Miss Sinaloa 2008 Laura Zuniga stared at the ground, with her flowing dark hair concealing her face, as she stood squeezed between seven alleged...
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India’s Parvathy Omanakuttan, who emerged as the first runner-up in the Miss World contest, feels the jury’s decision to push her in the second position was “unfair.” “I have performed better than others in the personality and question-answer round. This is not just. All those who watched it yesterday felt like that. I feel...
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Anna Anka, the former beauty queen and Swedish wife of US entertainer Paul Anka has been arrested for assaulting her husband, 29 years her senior. The pair clashed at their luxury home in California on November 28th. The 37-year-old former Miss Sweden runner-up became so angry while the couple argued that she launched a...
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Priscilla Lee - Miss Aruba 2010