Who is this woman in the dangling coin earrings and tight black-and-gold outfit, knocking on the dressing room door? “Excuse me,” she says. “Have you changed yet? I need to talk to you.” Linda Haas ...

When the 50th Miss Illinois is crowned Saturday in Elgin`s Hemmens Auditorium, about 30 of her predecessors will be there. Organizers of the contest, which began Wednesday, wanted to find the past ...

An 18-year-old Lake Hauto resident who plans to study optometry and specialize in child eye care won the title of Miss Carbon County 1990 yesterday. Judith Anne Durilla won the pageant’s talent ...

Linda Watts, the power behind the throne of Leesburg beauty queens, has no desire to wear a crown of her own. She prefers to work behind the scenes pushing fledgling beauty contestants into the ...

There was gorgeous Dorothy Benham, Miss America 1977, standing next to Bert Parks in the corner of a small meeting room at the Intercontinental Hotel in Manhattan, N.Y. She was tall and thin and ...

Modeling is nothing new to Kristen Gibson. But it didn’t fully prepare her for the Miss Teen USA Pageant in which she captured fourth place in a field of 39 contestants. “My mother owns a modeling ...

The man who has been chairman of the Miss Texas Scholarship Pageant for 20 years has resigned after reports of impropriety, including off-color remarks to contestants. B. Don Magness resigned the ...

* Do you know someone who would make a good ”Miss America?” Maybe a neighbor, friend, cousin, sister or even yourself! Linda Haas, director of the Miss Hampton/Newport News Scholarship Pageant says ...

In the end, it went out with a whimper. The Little Miss Virginia Beach Pageant, that is. For 20 years, precocious girls, aged 6 to 10, pranced, sang, tapped and twirled their way across the stage in ...

The Miss USA pageant has been around for over 70 years. Here's everything you need to know about what it is, who can compete, ...

Northampton County resident Marla Wynne begins competing this week for the 1991 Miss America title and a $35,000 scholarship. The 23-year-old Wynne, of Forks Township, faces three days of preliminary ...

Quite a few things have changed at the Miss Chicago pageant over the years. Sure, the women are still young and beautiful, and they still wear those long, sequined evening gowns and high heels with ...