Beauty pageant

Twenty contestants disqualified at 2026 camel beauty festival in Oman, botox, fillers, silicone

Veterinarians warn such procedures can cause infections, swelling, tissue damage, chronic inflammation, severe pain, scarring, digestive issues, physical imbalances and potentially life-threatening.

 Illustrative image of a camel in Israel.
 Melanie Shiraz is crowned at Miss Universe Israel 2025.

Melanie Shiraz wins Miss Universe Israel 2025 crown, vows to use platform for meaningful change

THE BEAUTY PAGEANT FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS

Miss Holocaust Survivor documentary wins Ernst Lubitsch award

 Mia Le Roux at Miss South Africa 2024

First deaf Miss South Africa crowned amid controversy over finalist's heritage


Volume of protests opposing Israel's hosting of Miss Universe surprisingly turned down - comment

It would have been reasonable to assume that many nations which have been historically unfriendly or even hostile toward Israel

 MISS UNIVERSE Andrea Meza visits the Tower of David and Old City walls as she tours Jerusalem during her official visit ahead of the Miss Universe pageant in Eilat.

86-year-old crowned 'Miss Holocaust Survivor' in Israeli pageant

Ten contestants - ranging in age from 79 to 90 - trod the catwalk at a museum in the city of Haifa at the annual Israeli beauty pageant designed to honor women who endured the horrors of the Nazis.

 Miss Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant winner, 2021

South Africa pressures pageant winner to boycott Miss Universe in Israel

Government officials said they would not support the decision by Lalela Mswane, the winner of the country’s beauty contest, and the organizers of the pageant to participate in the contest in Israel.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (L) stands by as Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vegas transfers the crown to winner Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (R) during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 20, 2015

Beauty Queen competition for Holocaust Survivors finally returns

The ceremony will be hosted by international model and TV presenter Moran Atias, while singer Rotem Cohen will perform throughout the event.

THE BEAUTY PAGEANT FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS

SNL's Michael Che jokes 'Miss Hitler' pageant winner is Miss Israel

The contest was based on young women sending in their pictures with Nazi symbols and describing why they think they fit the role. Users would vote online to pick the winner.

Comedians Michael Che and Colin Jost from the NBC series "Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update"

German-Jewish beauty queen campaigns to raise awareness of antisemitism in Europe

The campaign aligns with Human Rights Day, celebrated December 10, as well as the Day of Human Solidarity which will be observed December 20.

Tamar Morali

Black Algerian Beauty Queen Ben Hamou sparks racist outrage

Freshly crowned Miss Algeria 2019 leads Algerians to remark she's not pretty enough.

Khadija Ben Hamou

Colombian beauty queens tour Israel

Foreign Ministry brings four women to see the sites - and share photos online

Colombian beauty queens floating in the Dead Sea on their visit to Israel

Miss Earth Lebanon stripped of title after photo with Israeli

Contestant posed with Israeli-Arab Dana Zreik at competition in Philippines

Miss Colombia Michelle Gomez (C), crowned 2016's Miss Earth Air, raises her crown while other contestants greet her

She is beauty, she is grace: 93-year-old wins 'Miss Holocaust Survivor'

"I wouldn't believe that at my age I would be a beauty," the former jeweler laughed, her tiara perched on her white hair.

Holocaust survivor Tova Ringer, 93 year old, reacts after winning the annual Holocaust survivors' beauty pageant