Pageant News
Why Are Beauty Queens Conservative?
Posted by Jonathan Chait - New Republic on May 19, 2010, 20:34
Daniel Pipes is grumbling that yet another Muslim has won a beauty pageant--whathappened to the cherished ideal of meritocracy in beauty pageants?
Forget 'world peace:' Beauty queens face culture war questions
Posted by on May 19, 2010, 03:09
Wouldn't it be fun if we could fire questions at politicians the way judges at beauty pageants -- all cranked up on culture war Kool-Aid -- are doing these days?
Miss USA divides Muslim community in Michigan
Posted by on May 19, 2010, 00:46
Before she was Miss USA, and before she was Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih was a pretty good pole dancer.
Michigan Arab Americans cheer new Miss USA
Posted by Doug Stanglin USA Today on May 18, 2010, 00:14
An American-Arab Anti-Discrimination official in Michigan hailed as "historic" the first Arab American and Muslim to be crowned Miss USA, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Philippines' Miss Universe entry ousted
Posted by UPI.com on Apr 2, 2010, 21:05
Maria Venus Raj was disqualified as the Philippines' entry for this summer's Miss Universe beauty pageant after it was discovered she was born in Qatar.
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