Miss Michigan Takes Top Tiara in Jazzed-Up Pageant
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Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant's new, hipper look. Haglund, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, sang "Over the ...
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LAPEER, Mich. - A high school student who made a dress out of candy wrappers has claimed a top award in an art competition.
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Tatana Kucharova, an 18-year-old student from the Czech Republic, won the Miss World 2006 beauty contest on Saturday.
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 29 -- 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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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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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Skimpy swimsuits, a shortened telecast and a last-woman-standing talent competition couldn't help Miss America's TV ratings...
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Miss France 2008 has kept her crown, contest organizers said on Friday, after a row over suggestive photographs that saw members of parliament, a bishop and the minister for overseas territories spring to her defense.
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A 22-year-old student who has had cosmetic surgery on her eyelids and cheeks was crowned the winner Saturday of China's first pageant for such "manmade beauties."
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Michigan State&#39;s Liz Shimek goes up for a shot against Utah&#39;s Kim Smith during the second half of a Rainbow Wahine Classic game Friday, Nov. 26, 2004, in Honolulu.
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Quianna Chaney nearly doubled her season scoring average and Sylvia Fowles had a double-double for LSU on Sunday, all in the first half. That was all the help the No. 7 Lady Tigers needed to dominate No. 18 Michigan State 65-50.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss Alabama Deidre Downs, an aspiring doctor who put off medical school to compete for the Miss America crown, won it Saturday night...
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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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President Bush got a hearty "hoo-ah" from the crowd at Stop No. 1 on his 10-ball dance card, but it was Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey who attracted an even lustier cheer at another inaugural soiree Thursday night.
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Aisha Jefferson scored 17 points and pulled down 10 rebounds and Rene Haynes had 9 points and six steals as No. 20 Michigan State (7-1) used a 30-19 second half to pull away from Hartford for a 58-45 win yesterday at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.
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Quianna Chaney nearly doubled her season scoring average with 24 points to help No. 7 LSU dominate No. 18 Michigan State, 65-50, on Sunday.
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Miss Czech Republic, an 18-year-old high school student, took the Miss World crown on Saturday in Poland's capital Warsaw.
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The Miss Universe pageant will hand a diamond- and pearl-studded crown to its 2007 beauty queen on Monday, choosing from 77 contestants including the competition's first Rastafarian.