0_Wizard
Beauty pageants seems so out of date.  Hard to believe they still exist.
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria.
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Miss International Queen
Miss International Queen is the world's largest and most prestigious beauty pageant for transgender women from different parts of the world. It is held annually in Pattaya City, Thailand since 2004. The mission of the pageant aims towards LGBT and Transgender awareness and equality in both society and workforce, while all the monetary profits of the actual televised show goes to the Royal Charity AIDS Foundation of Thailand. The current Miss International Queen is Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin from the Thailand, who was crowned on 10 March 2017. The Miss International Queen official website states that the beauty pageant was established with the intent to  ""offer an international competition for transgender and transsexual from around the world, to provide an opportunity for transgender/transsexual to be more accepted in today's world, to create human rights awareness among international communities and to build friendship and exchange ideas among international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual communities.""
Child beauty pageant
A child beauty pageant is a beauty contest featuring contestants under 16 years of age. Competition categories may include talent, interview, sportswear, casual wear, swim wear, western wear, theme wear, outfit of choice, decade wear, and evening wear. Depending on the type of pageant system (glitz or natural), contestants may be found wearing makeup to fake teeth, known as flippers, as well as elaborate hairstyles and custom, designed and fitted, outfits to present their routines on stage. Beauty pageants started in 1921 when the owner of an Atlantic City hotel struck upon the idea to help boost tourism.
Sexualization in child beauty pageants
A child beauty pageant is a beauty contest where contestants are usually under 16 years of age. There does not appear to be reliable statistics about the number of these pageants held each year around the world. They vary in style, and categories may include a talent segment as well as costume and theme wear. Contestants often wear makeup, fake teeth, false eyelashes, lipstick, elaborate hairstyles with hair extensions, and specially designed, sometimes provocative, outfits. Spray tanning and waxing are also common. Contestants compete for prizes and are judged on the way they look and how they act on stage, similar to the judgment criteria in adult beauty pageants.
Beauty pageant
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The term almost invariably refers only to contests for unmarried women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants. Similar events or competition for men or boys being called by other names and more likely to be bodybuilding contests.
Miss Malaysia
Miss Malaysia is a national beauty pageant in Malaysia. Miss Malaysia represents Malaysia in the Big Four international beauty pageants to select Malaysian representatives at Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth. The winners of the national pageants are selected at different competitions as each is owned by a different organisation. The winner of these national contests in the Big Four and the Emerging Three hold the title of Miss Universe Malaysia, Miss Malaysia World, Miss Malaysia Earth, Miss International Malaysia. In 1960 until 1961, the Malaysian representatives for Miss International were chosen from closed election in that era until the Miss Malaysia pageant was established in 1963 where the winner will be sent to Miss Universe while the runners-up will go to Miss World and Miss International.
Miss Venezuela
Miss Venezuela is a national beauty pageant in Venezuela. The pageant is traditionally held in September, preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, including the awarding of corporate prizes. The final competition telecast generally lasts about four hours and is broadcast live across Latin America by Venevisión, with edited versions to the United States and Mexico on the Univision network. Since 2013, the national contest has been split into two separate pageants: "Miss Venezuela" (to select representatives to Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth) and "Miss Venezuela Mundo" (to select representative to Miss World).
List of Eat Bulaga! segments
"Eat Bulaga!" is the longest-running noontime variety show in the Philippines. The show has featured hundreds of segments and competitions since its debut on July 30, 1979. The following is an incomplete list of the segments of "Eat Bulaga!" throughout its thirty-eight year run on television. The segments are organized alphabetically by title. It is a special segment that has a similar concept with "I Object, Your Honor" and "I Object, #NasaanAngHustisya? ", that tests the cleverness and originality of the "Eat Bulaga!" hosts. The hosts are divided into two teams. In each round, both teams are given one specific object.
1_Apprentice
Yes, they've been around forever but seem to never evolve much.
0_Wizard
There are thousands of international pageants.  I guess they are popular.
For example, the international pageants have hundreds or thousands of local competitions.
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Femina Miss India
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by "Femina", a women's magazine published by The Times Group. Since 2013, Femina also organizes Miss Diva separately which sends representatives to Miss Universe. The reigning Femina Miss India (Femina Miss India World) titleholder is Manushi Chhillar who was crowned by the outgoing Miss India Priyadarshini Chatterjee. The first Miss India was Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), from Calcutta, who won in 1947.
Beauty pageant
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The term almost invariably refers only to contests for unmarried women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants. Similar events or competition for men or boys being called by other names and more likely to be bodybuilding contests.
Miss Pakistan World
Miss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant for Pakistan. Till date it is the only original Pakistani beauty pageant that is internationally recognized in the world. The contestants of the Miss Pakistan World pageant are Pakistani girls who reside all over the world, as well as the participation is opened for Pakistani girls from Pakistan, as well as dual nationality holders. Miss Pakistan World has been running since 2002 and has expanded to launching Mrs. Pakistan World as well as Mr. Pakistan World. Founded in 2002 by Pakistani-Canadian entrepreneur Sonia Ahmed, and in its first year called "Miss Canada Pakistan", the contest is held in Canada because beauty pageants are highly controversial in Pakistan and if it were held there, security for contestants would be too problematic.
Miss Venezuela
Miss Venezuela is a national beauty pageant in Venezuela. The pageant is traditionally held in September, preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, including the awarding of corporate prizes. The final competition telecast generally lasts about four hours and is broadcast live across Latin America by Venevisión, with edited versions to the United States and Mexico on the Univision network. Since 2013, the national contest has been split into two separate pageants: "Miss Venezuela" (to select representatives to Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth) and "Miss Venezuela Mundo" (to select representative to Miss World).
Binibining Pilipinas
Binibining Pilipinas ("English: Miss Philippines") is a national beauty pageant in the Philippines that selects Filipina representatives to compete in two of the Big Four major international beauty pageants such as Miss Universe and Miss International. The pageant also fields four queens to other minor international pageants such as Miss Supranational, Miss Intercontinental, Miss Grand International and Miss Globe. The national director of the Philippines is Stella Araneta, former Miss Colombia and Miss International titleholder, and Cochitina Sevilla, an enterpreneur as co-chairwoman. Former Miss Colombia, Stella Araneta who became a Miss Universe semi-finalist and the winner of the first Miss International beauty pageant in 1960, is the chairperson of Binibining Pilipinas Charities Incorporated (BPCI) which has been the official national franchise holder of the Miss Universe Organization since 1964 after it was passed on by its predecessor, Miss Philippines, which has been the franchise holder from 1952 to 1963.
List of Eat Bulaga! segments
"Eat Bulaga!" is the longest-running noontime variety show in the Philippines. The show has featured hundreds of segments and competitions since its debut on July 30, 1979. The following is an incomplete list of the segments of "Eat Bulaga!" throughout its thirty-eight year run on television. The segments are organized alphabetically by title. It is a special segment that has a similar concept with "I Object, Your Honor" and "I Object, #NasaanAngHustisya? ", that tests the cleverness and originality of the "Eat Bulaga!" hosts. The hosts are divided into two teams. In each round, both teams are given one specific object.
Señorita Panamá
Señorita Panamá is a national Beauty pageant in Panama. Winners to represent Panama to Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International. The first national pageant was "Miss Panamá" held from 1982 to 1987. In 1982, "Señorita Panamá" was created as an alternative to send its winners to the Miss World contest in London. These pageants, along with smaller pageants such as "Miss International Panamá" and "Miss World Panamá" celebrated to select delegates for international representations. After 28 years, the Señorita Panamá pageant, organized by Medcom Corporation, was discontinued. A new organization took over in 2011 with the official name of the contest being "Miss Panama" (not to be confused with Señorita Panamá or Bellezas Panamá).
1_Apprentice
The international ones that are televised have a lot of countries in participation so it seems to be a worldwide thing.
0_Wizard
India has a pageant for Miss India that started in 1947.
The first Miss India was Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), from Calcutta, who won in 1947.
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Femina Miss India
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by "Femina", a women's magazine published by The Times Group. Since 2013, Femina also organizes Miss Diva separately which sends representatives to Miss Universe. The reigning Femina Miss India (Femina Miss India World) titleholder is Manushi Chhillar who was crowned by the outgoing Miss India Priyadarshini Chatterjee. The first Miss India was Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), from Calcutta, who won in 1947.
Miss Earth India
Miss Earth India or Miss India Earth is a title given to an Indian woman who represents as Miss India at Miss Earth, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The national pageant of Miss Earth for India is conducted by Growbiz Consult Pte. Ltd. for the year 2016 to which Carousel Productions, the owner of Miss Earth, awarded the franchise to Ms. Cheryl T. Hansen & appointed director Mr. Pradeep Maithani in 2016. The main winner of the contest will be given the title of Miss Earth India.
I Am She–Miss Universe India
I AM She – Miss India Universe was a national beauty pageant in India that used to send its winner to Miss Universe pageant from 2010 to 2012. In 2010, Femina Miss India relinquished its exclusive right to send the representative to Miss Universe, and Tantra Entertainment Private limited, in collaboration with former Miss Universe and Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen, organized the pageant in the same year. After the 2012 Miss Universe Pageant, Sushmita Sen and Tantra entertainment announced they would be relinquishing the license for Miss Universe, but have not officially stated whether "I Am She" will continue to be held.
Anukriti Gusain
Anukriti Gusain (Hindi: , born 25 March 1994) is an Indian model, television host and presenter of Planet Bollywood News. Gusain is crowned Miss Asia Pacific World India 2014 and represented India at Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 an International beauty pageant and finished as "4th Runner Up". She is winner of Femina Miss India Delhi 2013 Crown and Bride Of The World India 2013. She made a comeback to pageantry in 2017, when she won Femina Miss India Uttarakhand 2017 and she represented her home state Uttarakhand among top 30 finalists under the new format of Femina Miss India 2017 pageant She was appointed as Miss Grand India 2017 and represented India at Miss Grand International 2017 which was held in Vietnam where she managed to reach till top 20, but couldn't place further.
Koyal Rana
Koyal Rana (born 4 January 1993) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India 2014 beauty pageant. She represented India in Miss World 2014 that was held in London. Koyal Rana was crowned the winner of Femina Miss India on April 5, 2014.She completed her schooling at St. Thomas' School (New Delhi). She did her undergraduate programme in Bachelor of Business Studies from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi. In 2014, she graduated with distinction as a business student at the University of Delhi, from Deen Dayal college. In 2012, at the age of 19 she Co-founded a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO),Moksha Foundation.
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra (; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress, singer, film producer, philanthropist, and the winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant. One of India's highest-paid and most popular celebrities, Chopra has received numerous awards, including a National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award and "Time" magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. "Forbes" listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017. Although Chopra initially aspired to study aeronautical engineering or criminal psychology, she accepted offers to join the Indian film industry, which came as a result of her pageant wins, making her Bollywood debut in "" (2003).
Femina Miss India 2017
Femina Miss India 2017 was the 54th edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant held on 25 June 2017 at Yash Raj Films, Mumbai. Manushi Chhillar of Haryana was crowned Miss India, Sana Dua of Jammu and Kashmir was crowned 1st Runner Up and Priyanka Kumari of Bihar was crowned 2nd Runner Up. As Femina Miss India 2017, Manushi Chhillar represented India at Miss World 2017 where she was crowned Miss World 2017. After the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant, Sana Dua, 1st Runner Up 2017, was announced as India's representative to Miss United Continents 2017 that was held in Ecuador in September 2017, where she made it to the top 10.
1_Apprentice
That's interesting.  I wonder how far back beauty pageants go for other countries.  Maybe there's been some that started before the 1900's.
0_Wizard
I am not sure.  Some countries are more recent like Miss Malaysia was established in 1963.
In 1960 until 1961, the Malaysian representatives for Miss International were chosen from closed election in that era until the Miss Malaysia pageant was established in 1963 where the winner will be sent to Miss Universe while the runners-up will go to Miss World and Miss International.
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Miss Malaysia
Miss Malaysia is a national beauty pageant in Malaysia. Miss Malaysia represents Malaysia in the Big Four international beauty pageants to select Malaysian representatives at Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth. The winners of the national pageants are selected at different competitions as each is owned by a different organisation. The winner of these national contests in the Big Four and the Emerging Three hold the title of Miss Universe Malaysia, Miss Malaysia World, Miss Malaysia Earth, Miss International Malaysia. In 1960 until 1961, the Malaysian representatives for Miss International were chosen from closed election in that era until the Miss Malaysia pageant was established in 1963 where the winner will be sent to Miss Universe while the runners-up will go to Miss World and Miss International.
Miss Universe Malaysia
Miss Universe Malaysia is one of the biggest beauty pageants in Malaysia that sends the winner to the Miss Universe pageant. The pageant was established in 1964 and the original winner of Miss Malaysia Universe was Angela Filmer of Selangor even though Malaya has sent their first ever delegate in 1962 to Miss Universe and the pageant is considered the longest pageant in Malaysia. The winner of Miss Universe Malaysia represents her country at the Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. The Miss Universe Malaysia motto is HIP, Urban, Relevant and Real and Elaine Daly (Miss Malaysia Universe 2003) is the national director of Miss Universe Malaysia Organization since 2016 replacing the former president, Carey Ng who was resigned 2 days after the crowning moments of Kiran Jassal.
Miss Earth Malaysia
Miss Malaysia Earth is an annual national beauty pageant held in Malaysia to select representatives for the Miss Earth pageant. It is the only beauty pageant in Malaysia that has the focus on educating and empowering women and others about the knowledge of natural beauty, sustainability and eco-tourism. The pageant has been successfully conducted for 15 years in Malaysia and now 9years in Ipoh. The pageant has been served as a platform to educate the contestants about the environmental issues, promote eco-tourism and create a healthy aspect of cordial relationship among the participants. The beauty pageant is organised by Star Avenue Production and supported by various sponsors.
Meng Jiao
Meng Jiao (751–814) was a Chinese poet during the Tang Dynasty. Two of his poems have been collected in the popular anthology "Three Hundred Tang Poems". Meng was the oldest of the Mid-Tang poets and is noted for the unusual forcefulness and harshness of his poems. Meng Jiao's courtesy name was Dongye (). Meng Jiao was born into difficult times. His pursuit of poetry and reluctance until late in life to write and pass the imperial examinations (which if taken earlier in life might have eventually lead to a well-paid political career) resulted in his living a life in which necessities were scarce.
Danielle Wong
Danielle Wong Kar Wai or Danielle Wong (Chinese Simplified: 黄达尼埃尔) is a Malaysian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth Malaysia 2015 2015 and Malaysia's representative in Miss Earth 2015. Danielle already represented Malaysia internationally via Supermodel International 2015 held at Pampanga, Philippines. She was declared as part of the top 15 semifinalists. At the end of the pageant, Alexandra Arboleda of Colombia was proclaimed as the winner. Danielle joined the 7th Miss Earth Malaysia pageant. The pageant was held on 12 August 2015 which was held at the Syeun Hotel in Ipoh.
Miss International Queen
Miss International Queen is the world's largest and most prestigious beauty pageant for transgender women from different parts of the world. It is held annually in Pattaya City, Thailand since 2004. The mission of the pageant aims towards LGBT and Transgender awareness and equality in both society and workforce, while all the monetary profits of the actual televised show goes to the Royal Charity AIDS Foundation of Thailand. The current Miss International Queen is Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin from the Thailand, who was crowned on 10 March 2017. The Miss International Queen official website states that the beauty pageant was established with the intent to  ""offer an international competition for transgender and transsexual from around the world, to provide an opportunity for transgender/transsexual to be more accepted in today's world, to create human rights awareness among international communities and to build friendship and exchange ideas among international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual communities.""
Sherine Wong
Sherine Wong Sook Ling (; born 28 March 1979 in Perak, Malaysia) won the title of Miss Malaysia Universe in 1998 when she was just 18 years old and represented Malaysia in the Miss Universe 1998 pageant in Hawaii, the United States. Sherine is currently pursuing a modelling career in Hong Kong. Born on 28 March 1979, Sherine grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During her high school days, she was excelled in athletics. She represented her school and Malaysia in triple jumps and long jumps competition. She graduated in 2005 with Bachelor of Business & Commerce Monash University Australia. Standing at 5'9', Sherine participated in Miss Malaysia/Universe 1998 pageants.
1_Apprentice
Maybe the later adoptions of beauty pageants have to do with each countries cultures and customs.