Pageant rules Miss N.J. can keep crown
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Miss New Jersey can keep her crown despite photos that show her acting "not in a ladylike manner."
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Lauren Nelson, an aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America on Monday night, the second year in a row that a Miss Oklahoma has won the crown
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China chose its first Miss Artificial Beauty on Saturday, giving the crown to a 22-year-old from the northeastern city of Jilin who couldn't have done it without the help of her plastic surgeon.
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL  MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - In a victory for private property rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local governments can't seize land against the owner's wishes simply because the property is underused.
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Miss USA Rachel Smith made the top 10 Monday night in her bid to reign as Miss Universe 2007. Smith was vying to become the first American winner since Brook Lee in 1997. From Tennessee, the journalism graduate carried a guitar and wore a white, Elvis-style suit during the opening parade of nations.
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If fashion mirrors a national mood, this week's catwalk extravaganza in New York will reflect the spirit of strong, confident women, observers predicted.
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NEW YORK  - Once upon a time, 1974 to  be exact, a national magazine of note ran a contest in which  Katharine Hepburn was declared the champ and was asked to  accept her prize in person.
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The pretty young women battling to become Miss America may have college degrees, artistic talent, and high-minded ideals -- but they're also showing more skin than ever before.
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Ireland gears up to crown the "Rose of Tralee" at a world-famous beauty pageant that celebrates Irish culture.
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Warsaw, not always a top tourist destination, is determined to show off its charms to a huge television audience when it hosts the Miss World beauty contest on Saturday.
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The star's hoarding stands tall in New Jersey.
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Rules to the My Super Ex-Girlfriend contest.
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The annual Miss America pageant will return to the Las Vegas Strip for its 2007 contest, organizers said Thursday. The crowning will air live on Country Music Television from the Aladdin Resort &amp; Casino on Jan. 29, organizers said.
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Warsaw, not always a top tourist  destination, is determined to show off its charms to a huge  television audience when it hosts the Miss World beauty contest  on Saturday.
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Deidre Downs passed up medical school so she could compete for Miss America. Her decision turned out to be a prescription for success.
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Sporting updated hairdos and red carpet-worthy fashion, a crop of 52 newly made-over aspiring beauty queens was trimmed to a final field of 16 as they competed for the top tiara Saturday in the Miss America Pageant.
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Rules for the Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag contest.