Miss Minas Gerais Universe 2011 was crowned last night in Belo Horizonte, and the winner was Izabela Drumond, from Belo Horizonte. She is 24 and a student of Journalism.

Izabela, who was crowned by Débora Lyra, Miss Brazil Universe 2010,  will compete inMiss Brazil [...]

The first time it has happened in a beauty pageant: Alejandra Barillas (25, 1.80 m, from Zacapa) has been crowned Miss Guatemala again, and this time by her second runner-up.  Barillas won the competition in 2010, which entitled her to participate in [...]

Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete, arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film “La Source des Femmes”, in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 21, 2011. REUTERS PICTURES

The 20th Annual Property Awards Lunch (the PROPs) in aid of Variety, The Children’s Charity was held at London’s Hilton Park Lane yesterday, with Miss World Alexandria Mills and Miss World Africa Emma Wareus on stage to present the awards to the [...]

Reigning Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete was in charge of drawing the countries’ names during the official draw for the upcoming U-17 men’s Soccer World Cup in Mexico City May 17, 2011. The event took place at the  Nezahualcoyotl Concert Hall.

Model Rosanna Davison has taken the stand in her High Court libel action against Ryanair. The former Miss World is looking for damages over a press release on the airline’s website that she claims says she’s a racist. Ryanair denies she’s been defamed. When [...]

Several beauty pageant outlets and other specialized pages, including Wikipedia’s entry on Miss Universe 2011, report, erroneously, that Portugal will be represented by Marina Rodrigues. The information is not true.

Rodrigues, 26, was crowned Miss Portugal 2004 during the conclusion [...]

Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir (18, 1.80 m, from Akranes) was crowned Ungfrú Ísland 2011 (Miss Iceland 2011) at the Broadway Club in Reykjavik. She will represent Iceland in Miss World 2011 in London, England, on November 8.

Guðlaug Dagmar Jónsdóttir was the first [...]

Riza Santos, 23, a Calgary beauty queen of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry, was crowned Miss World Canada 2011 at the River Rock Show Theater in Richmond.

Riza competed in Miss Earth 2006, but did not place among the semi-finalists. She placed 2nd in the Philippines Big Brother – Celebrity [...]

Pushpika Sandamali De Silva, 21, was crowned as the new Derana Veet Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World 2011at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo. She will represent Sri Lanka in Miss World 2011 in London, England on November 8. Shimalka Bodaragama and Chamupa Godage were the [...]

The pageant’s date has been moved. The election of Miss Brazil Universe is scheduled to be held on July 16th July 23rd, according to the pageant’s official website. The winner of this contest will go on to represent the country and be [...]

NDTV – Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee who was set to walk the Cannes red carpet this year, has been replaced by Miss India Kanishtha Dhankar.

Rani was supposed to make an appearance on the French Riviera alongwith designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee and filmmaker [...]

Aishwarya Rai and Zhang Zilin are in Cannes for the 64th Cannes Film Festival, the world’s most famous celebration of cinema, which runs until the 22nd May. Over the weekend, Bollywood superstar Aishwarya has been lighting up the famous red carpet up [...]

NY DAILY NEWS – Kanye West has a new gal pal: Miss Universe Albania Angela Martini. Sources close to the NEXT Model Management brunette say Martini and West have been seeing each other for a few months, though it’s unclear how serious [...]

REUTERS – A Wisconsin state beauty queen has relinquished her title just weeks before she was to vie for the national crown after prosecutors filed felony identity theft charges against her.

Shaletta Porterfield, 26, won the 2011 Miss Wisconsin-USA title [...]