pageant
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Mubanga, 25, a registered nurse, was crowned Miss Universe Zambia on 8 October and was due to represent the country at the international pageant.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Bill Pay itself was extremely meta and self-aware, a post-postmodern pageant that would have given David Foster Wallace an aneurysm.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
When Thom Brodeur bought Miss USA last year, the beauty pageant organization was in ugly shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He thought back to a vow he made early in his pageant career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Mami, this is Vanessa Martin. She’s in the pageant too.”
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
For many years now, beauty pageants have been sashaying toward oblivion in swimsuits and heels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Founded in the Bay Area in 1965, the organization hosts drag pageants to raise funds for the LGBTQ+ community, namely to help those contending with HIV/AIDS and homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The shorts often satirize Christmas traditions such as gift-giving and pageants.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Wednesday's news conference was staged at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, a venue that hosted Frank Sinatra at his crooning peak and Miss Universe pageants during Miami Beach's mid-century boom.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
This was going to be a performance then, like one of the Friday-night pageants on the park.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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