Miss Finland Sarah Dzafce was stripped of her title on Thursday, weeks after competing at the Miss Universe pageant over a racially charged social media post. Dzafce, 22, posed for a photo pulling the corners of her eyes with the caption “kiinalaisenkaa syömäs,” which roughly translates to “eating with a Chinese person,” in a social … Read more
Miss Universe judge Omar Harfouch has abruptly resigned from the pageant’s official jury just days before this year’s competition is set to kick off on Nov. 21. Harfouch took to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday to claim that the Top 30 finalists had been chosen in secret long before the judges ever cast a vote. … Read more
Chile’s Miss World contestant Ignacia Fernández went viral for performing a death metal song at the Miss World Chile talent competition last weekend. The 27-year-old lead singer of Chile’s progressive death metal band ‘Decessus’ sang an original song backed by the band’s guitarist, Carlos Palma. She didn’t hold back, unleashing powerful death metal growls and … Read more
Miss USA 2024 Alma Cooper revealed that she wouldn’t attend the iconic pageant or crown her successor in Nevada on Friday night — just hours before the event started. Cooper made the “extremely difficult decision” to skip the Miss USA 2025 event in Reno, Nev., as she announced her time has come to step away … Read more
She’s giving up her title. Rather than receiving the royal treatment after winning a worldwide beauty pageant in 2024, Rachel Gupta claims she was treated like second-class citizen — abandoned in a “dilapidated” house sans food, phone, money or security. “The whole time that I was working with Miss Grand International, the last seven months, … Read more
From catwalks to chest compressions. In a move to modernize a 97-year-old competition and scrap its outdated swimwear round, contestants will now be judged on life-saving skills like chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Replacing the traditional bikini modeling segment, the newly introduced “CPR Queen” challenge is the brainchild of current Miss World England, Milla Magee. … Read more
A Dominican beauty queen sustained second-degree burns after her pressure cooker exploded during a sautée session gone awry. “I was the victim of a pressure cooker explosion,” Debbie Aflalo, 31 exclaimed in a video uploaded for her 131,000 followers on Instagram, per Jam Press. The bombshell, who won Miss Dominican Republic in 2021, had reportedly … Read more
The fallout from this beauty pageant is getting ugly. Miss Universe Fiji has become embroiled in scandalous claims of corruption after the winner was stripped of her crown in favor of a runner-up with close ties to the competition’s licensee. Manshika Prasad, 24, was named Miss Universe Fiji at the pageant, which was held on … Read more
A schoolgirl who was forced to flee the country after being bullied over her striking looks has had the last laugh – by reaching the finals of Miss England. Rheanna Cartier, 21, suffered with low confidence and stopped eating properly after she was tormented by jealous classmates as a youngster. She was subjected to name … Read more
She’s top of the bots. Kenza Layli, a hijab-wearing bionic belle from Morocco, has been crowned the world’s first-ever Miss AI. “While I don’t feel emotions like humans do,” the chaste cyber siren revealed in an exclusive interview with The Post, “I’m genuinely excited about it.” Layli, an AI model and women’s empowerment advocate, is … Read more
For richer or broker, Briana Siaca is married to NYC real estate. But closing multimillion-dollar deals on Gotham’s finest addresses wasn’t her first love. Instead, it’s become the former Miss New York USA’s glitzy second act. “Pageantry gave me a tough skin, it boosted my confidence and taught me tenacity,” Siaca, 30, a first-year realtor with luxury … Read more
She’s a timeless beauty. A 71-year-old Texas beauty queen proved that age is just a number after becoming the oldest woman to ever compete in the Miss Texas USA competition. “‘I am delighted to be a part of this incredible new experience as a contestant in the Miss Texas USA pageant,” the age-defying contestant Marissa … Read more
AI-n’t too proud to beg? As artificial intelligence achieves uncanny levels of human likeness, entrepreneurs are already capitalizing on the ease of generating a hot chatbot bod in a creepy cash grab from horny internet users. Recently, denizens of the AI-dabbling web sphere gathered to vote on their favorite digitally developed model in an AI … Read more
After Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, stepped down last week, the runner-up — Miss Teen New York, Stephanie Skinner — told The Post that she doesn’t want the crown either. “I ultimately came to the decision to decline it,” Skinner, 19 and from New Hartford, New York, said. “I didn’t feel like it was the right … Read more
Miss England finalists are showing off their so-called “flaws” — including acne, blemishes and weight gain — with make-up-free selfies as part of a campaign to highlight natural and inner beauty. The UK pageant organizers encouraged the women to show off their natural beauty to recognize realistic bodies and beauty and highlight their struggles with … Read more
They’re all real beauties, faux show. Sandra Bullock’s “Miss Congeniality” will no longer be the most iconic phony to crash the beauty pageant world. Now, chatbot babes are gunning for the crown — and over $20,000 in cash prizes. Fanvue, a subscription-based social site, is set hot host the world’s first “Miss AI” pageant in May. Fanvue/Amy … Read more
Robbin Bain, who covered fashion and beauty as a “Today Girl” on the NBC morning show, died Oct. 21 in Southampton, NY. She was 87. Bain’s daughter, Lara McLanahan, told Deadline that breast cancer was the cause of her death. Born on Aug. 10, 1936, Barbara Jane Bain’s career got underway in 1959 when the … Read more
Don’t blame AI for mainstream beauty standards becoming even more unrealistic before of our very eyes. The creator and agent who represents a popular, artificially intelligent social media influencer is doubling down on that message after criticism that the CGI blonde bombshell Milla Sofia is setting a bad example for expectations of women’s looks. “Social … Read more
Venezuelan beauty queen Ariana Viera has died from injuries she sustained in a horrific car crash in Florida last month. She was 26. Viera is accused of falling asleep behind the wheel July 13 before colliding with a truck in Lake Nona, Orlando, according to media reports. Her death comes two months after she made … Read more
She likes having mom-ents to herself. While her 2-year-old son, Remington, is at government-funded daycare, Raven Dixon-Biggs is freshening up her wardrobe or prepping a new wig. “For me personally, as a mom, looking good and feeling good is everything,” the 29-year-old UK beauty queen told The Sun on Friday. While some moms don’t bother … Read more