Beauty pageant

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

The 26-year-old is already coordinating with Jewish orgs. "I didn't enter this competition just to wear a crown—I did it because I believe in the power of this platform to create real impact."

 Melanie Shiraz is crowned at Miss Universe Israel 2025.
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

Finnish neo-nazis start their Independence Day march with swastika flags in Helsinki, Finland December 6, 2018.

'Miss Aryan Angel' of Oxford wins Miss Hitler beauty pageant


ISIS reportedly calls for attacks on Miss Universe pageant

A string of threatening posts allegedly offered an online video tutorial on how to assemble a suicide belt.

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

Miss Israel 2016: 18-year-old Karine Aliya crowned in Tel Aviv

Aliya is a dancer and surfer who enjoys outdoor activities, as well as playing music.

Karine Aliya crowned Miss Israel 2016

Newly crowned Miss Iraq receives threatening phone call: Join ISIS or else

Shayma Qassim, 20, receives threatening phone call after winning the first beauty pageant to be held in Iraq in 40 years.

Miss Iraq Shaima Qassem reacts during the Miss Iraq Pageant in Baghdad, December 19, 2015

Miss Universe mishap: Miss Israel didn't win but what happened to Miss Colombia is much worse

The host of the 2015 Miss Universe pageant mistakenly announces the name of the wrong contestant as the winner of the competition.

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

From fencing champ to beauty queen: Meet the reigning Miss Israel

19-year-old Avigail Alfatov from Acre will represent Israel in this year's Miss Universe Pageant.

Avigail Alfatov

Winner of Holocaust survivors' beauty contest: The Jew will never disappear from the world

Sixteen survivors take to the catwalk in third annual beauty contest in Haifa.

Rita Berkowitz, a Holocaust survivor and winner of a beauty contest for survivors of the Nazi genocide

Beauty, grace, poise...and tolerance

Israeli model set to compete in the Miss Global 2015 contest: “I would like a chance to show the world what Israeli culture is all about."

Israeli model Bareket Drori

Helena Rubinstein’s marketing power

 An illustration of israel daily newspapers, including The Jerusalem Post, Maariv and Haaretz. Taken October 13, 2012

Camel beauty pageant draws thousands of contestants

Over 20,000 camels, their owners from the Gulf have converged in Abu-Dhabi to participate in the Al-Mazayin camel beauty competition.

Camel and desert