This year's controversy exposed outdated attitudes towards women – but also gave contestants and organisers a chance to show what pageantry really stands for today.

The Miss Universe 2025 pageant has been plagued by scandal. Contestants walked out after a Miss Universe director appeared to call Miss Mexico a "dumbhead." Miss Chile apologized after posting a ...

Miss Universe contestants barged out of a pre-pageant event as they protested an executive who called one contender a “dummy” and ordered her removal during a heated exchange caught on camera. Nawat ...

There’s a new pageant queen making waves in the business. Grace Richardson just opened a door that had been closed to queer women in British pageantry. The 20-year-old musical theatre student from ...

WASHINGTON — Miss Universe President Raul Rocha Cantu is addressing the controversy surrounding the treatment of Miss Universe Mexico ahead of the annual pageant. The organization's president ...

In a matter of hours, judges will crown the 74th Miss Universe, which is being held in Thailand this year. TV ads say it’s happening on Nov. 20, but the official Miss Universe website lists the event ...

A new Miss England was crowned on Friday, and she’s gay. Grace Richardson, a 20-year-old musical theatre student from Leicester, England, came out as a teen and said she was bullied “horrendously” at ...

A Thai court has sentenced Miss Universe pageant former co-owner Jakkaphong “Anne” Jakrajutatip to two years in prison for ...

Two judges have resigned from the Miss Universe international beauty pageant, with one making accusations of rigging and mulling a lawsuit as the annual competition nears its end in Bangkok. Omar ...

Omar Harfouch quit the Miss Universe judging panel just three days ahead of the pageant. He claimed that the Miss Universe Organization created an "impromptu jury" composed of people with "potential ...

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