Article: Pageant of changing lives; Archive photos reflect shifting attitudes towards the beauty parades that were once so popular flash back.(News)

Article: ARTS-SWAZILAND: POPULAR BEAUTY PAGEANTS GET AID ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... riotous protests against beauty pageants elsewhere in West Africa ... popularity of the shows here. Beauty pageants promoting the attractions ... and her participation in beauty pageants is a voluntary sideline ...

Article: Book: Beauty pageants need transparency.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  May 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Book: Beauty pageants need transparency New Delhi, May ... have for long raised fingers at beauty pageants, a former Miss India contestant ... paths to fame were being paved, beauty pageants have a stale, unpleasant air surrounding ...

Article: Miss beautiful Beauty pageants have received ...
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  August 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... often complained about at other beauty pageants, she said the academic focus of ... the past few years, criticism of beauty pageants has grown, especially criticism of child and teen beauty pageants. "I think beauty pageants are ...

Article: Beauty pageants bad place to seek role models
University Wire;  March 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... WIRE) EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Beauty pageants -- excuse me -- scholarship programs ... 1960s expressed their disdain for beauty pageants, they have been transformed into ... outer beauty, yet continue holding beauty pageants? The blame for these types of images ...

Article: Beauty pageants foster sisterhood
Washington Informer;  August 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Washington Informer 08-15-2001 Beauty pageants foster sisterhood Four-year-old ... and young women who participated in beauty pageants around the city this summer. Beauty pageants have become a Summer staple, providing ...

Article: Kids on the catwalk?(beauty pageants for children)
Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication;  February 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... years old, Amanda's been in 70 beauty pageants and this is her first win, her first ... than 12 participate in U.S. child beauty pageants, now a billion-dollar industry ... you think? Who benefits from youth beauty pageants? Take part in an instant CE poll ...

Article: Feature: Beauty pageants gaining popularity in ...
Xinhua News Agency;  August 15, 2003 ;     628 words ...Feature: Beauty pageants gaining popularity in China BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Beauty pageants are becoming increasingly popular in ... young Chinese girls, participating in beauty pageants is seen as a springboard to show business ...