pageant

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The inclusion of these figures also underscores a clear choice they made for the Opening Ceremonies: this was not going to be a generic sporting pageant but a showcase of Italian arts.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

For all its verbal vaudeville, though, this holiday pageant occasionally hints at Thomas’s abiding theme, death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The controversy around Ms Dzafce is a postscript to a chaotic Miss Universe pageant hosted in Thailand that had been hounded by walkouts and allegations of rigging.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Every year, hundreds of people gather in downtown L.A.’s cathedral for the Latino Theater Company’s annual holiday pageant, “La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

I pause, painfully reminded of what little family I have coming to see me in the pageant.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles