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Beauty Pageants

Hot hunks flex their muscle over Mr SA’s ‘missing’ money
Article
/ 26 October 2016

Hot hunks flex their muscle over Mr SA’s ‘missing’ money

Mr SA is just around the corner — but last year it was postponed and now contestants allege money has disappeared.

By Athandiwe Saba
Arts and Culture – Tebogo Lebanna
Article
/ 20 September 2016

Arts and Culture – Tebogo Lebanna

A 3rd year degree student at the Botswana Accountancy College, Lebanna is no stranger to beauty pageants.

By Mike Olivier
Dawn of the new African queens
Africa
/ 27 November 2014

Dawn of the new African queens

By upending common perceptions, the new Miss Uganda is heralding a different kind of beauty.

By Staff Reporter
Africa’s Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant
Article
/ 8 August 2014

Africa’s Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant

The Chinese diaspora in Africa is getting its first shot at a global pageant crown for China.

By Ufrieda Ho
France bans beauty contests for girls under 16
Article
/ 18 September 2013

France bans beauty contests for girls under 16

In a bid to prevent the "hypersexualisation" of children, the French State Senate has voted to ban beauty contests for girls under the age of 16.

By Staff Reporter
Race is the rage as American-Indian wins Miss America
Article
/ 16 September 2013

Race is the rage as American-Indian wins Miss America

As Nina Davuluri took the title of Miss America, Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks at the harsh reception the first Indian-American winner received.

By Staff Reporter
Miss Algeria to resume after ten-year break
Article
/ 19 June 2013

Miss Algeria to resume after ten-year break

After a decade-long absence, the Miss Algeria beauty contest is to resume on Friday in the western city of Oran, says organisers.

By Staff Reporter
Curvy or slender? Beauty wars break out in Côte d’Ivoire
Africa
/ 30 March 2013

Curvy or slender? Beauty wars break out in Côte d’Ivoire

A war of words has broken out between admirers of voluptuous female figures and those who plump for a more streamlined, traditionally Western, shape.

By Christophe Koffi
Miss Spain competition goes bankrupt
Article
/ 20 February 2013

Miss Spain competition goes bankrupt

Organisers of the annual beauty contest Miss Spain have filed for bankruptcy in the midst of a deep recession.

By Staff Reporter
City wants probe into Jo’burg’s dodgy Miss World pageant
Article
/ 6 August 2012

City wants probe into Jo’burg’s dodgy Miss World pageant

The City of Jo’burg has announced that it has requested the public protector to investigate its controversial hosting of the 2009 Miss World pageant.

By Nickolaus Bauer
Of tiaras and android beauty queens
Article
/ 16 July 2012

Of tiaras and android beauty queens

Miss SA first princess Remona Moodley will be tackling Miss World, in Melinda Bam’s absence. We find out what lies beneath the lipgloss and hairspray.

By Zeenat Mahomed
Miss Zim-SA: Finding beauty in exile
Article
/ 15 December 2011

Miss Zim-SA: Finding beauty in exile

Foreigners were seen in a different light as Zimbabwean beauties descended on Pretoria, writes <b>Oupa Nkosi</b>.

By Oupa Nkosi
Good luck, my princess
Article
/ 1 July 2011

Good luck, my princess

Sick of the same old pageants? Categories in Pride Pooch include super Staffie, best rescue dog, looky-likey, dandiest dog and prettiest bitch.

By Julie Bindel
The future of beauty
Article
/ 23 December 2010

The future of beauty

Definitely not your mother’s beauty pageant. Or is it? <b>Lisa Steyn</b> reports.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 3 August 2009

Cambodia cancels landmine beauty pageant

A beauty pageant in which landmine victims were to compete to win a prosthetic limb has been cancelled after the government said it was in bad taste.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 26 September 2008

‘Bad luck’ as Cambodia PM renews beauty pageant ban

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday renewed a ban on beauty pageants in the country, calling a previous beauty contest "bad luck".

By Staff Reporter
High heels and crutches
Article
/ 5 September 2008

High heels and crutches

Imke van Hoorn spends a day at a photo shoot for contestants taking part in Miss Confidence South Africa, a pageant for physically disabled women.

By Imke Van Hoorn

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