Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

RARE PHOTOS: 4 - The Real Truth

Miss USA and Miss Teen USA resign days apart, casting a spotlight on the organization

Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava stepped down, citing mental health and personal values. They are the latest to depart the organization, which is no stranger to controversy.

WEKU

Miss USA Noelia Voigt Relinquishes Her Title In What She Calls a “Very Tough Decision”

Voigt—who was crowned last September—acknowledged “I realize this may come as a large shock to many.”

Marie Claire

Miss Universe organisation says Saudi Arabia has not put forward a contestant for 2024

Last week it was reported that model Rumy Alqahtani will be the Kingdom’s first-ever entrant in the global competition’s 73-year history

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Saudi Arabia to participate in Miss Universe pageant for first time with contestant Rumy Alqahtani

Rumy Alqahtani, 27, said she is ‘honoured’ to represent her Kingdom at the competition

Evening Standard

Why Pakistan’s first Miss Universe beauty pageant entry is causing controversy

Erica Robin, Pakistan’s first-ever Miss Universe entrant, has sparked controversy among some politicians

Evening Standard

Accounts of 'body checks' at Miss Universe Indonesia shock the nation as contestants speak out

Accounts of contestants being forced to strip to their underwear for "body checks” during the Miss Universe Indonesia pageant earlier this month have shocked the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation

The Independent UK

Miss Universe Netherlands makes history crowning first transgender winner

Rikkie Valerie Kolle won the pageant on Sunday and celebrated her triumph on Instagram

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Edinburgh Miss Universe hopeful with eating disorder was 'written off' by medics

Jordan suffered from ARFID as well as bulimia in her late teens and early twenties and after being in recovery for a few years she has re-entered the pageantry world with the aim of raising awareness around eating disorders.

Edinburgh Live

Daniela Arroyo González will be first trans woman to compete in Puerto Rico Miss Universe pageant

Puerto Rico made pageant history Thursday after selecting an openly transgender contestant to participate in the conservative territory’s Miss Universe competition.

Tribune News Service

Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel crowns new Miss USA after allegations about rigging competition

Gabriel became the first Filipina American to be Miss Universe earlier this month

The Independent UK

Rigging allegations be damned, Miss USA won Miss Universe fair and square, CEO says

The Miss Universe Organization and its chief executive have issued statements defending their 2023 champion, Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel, amid allegations that the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants were rigged.

Los Angeles Times

‘Some girls at Miss Universe did not know there was a war in Ukraine,’ Miss Ukraine said of the recent pageant

Miss Ukraine didn’t win the weekend’s Miss Universe pageant. That honor went to Miss USA. But that wasn’t what broke Viktoria Apanasenko’s heart in New Orleans Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Miss Universe Organization denies ‘absurd’ allegations about competition being rigged after Miss USA’s win

‘The allegations re: rigging of Miss Universe are false,’ the CEO of the oraganisation told The Independent

The Independent UK

Miss Universe hit by 'fix' allegations amid claims competition was 'rigged' for Miss USA

Top beauty pageant Miss Universe has landed in hot water amid 'fix' allegations and claims the competition was 'rigged' for the latest winner Miss USA

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Miss Universe 2022's 'on point' winning answer that sealed the deal

Miss Universe 2022 was finally crowned after Miss USA's 'on point' winning answer sealed the deal – here's what fashion designer and model R’Bonney Gabriel said

The Independent UK

Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel wins Miss Universe competition

R’Bonney Gabriel, a fashion designer, model and sewing instructor from Texas, has been crowned Miss Universe

Bangkok Post

JKN prospers by purchasing global brand

SET-listed JKN Global Group, a media and content conglomerate, says the firm's takeover of the Miss Universe beauty pageant brand can potentially expand its content and commerce businesses.

The Independent UK

Reality star and transgender activist becomes first woman to own Miss Universe pageant with $20m purchase

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip is the first woman to own the Miss Universe pageant since 1952

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Thai transgender businesswoman buys Miss Universe Organisation for $20 million

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip says she hopes to ‘evolve the brand for the next generation’

Bangkok Post

JKN acquires Miss Universe for $20m

SET-listed JKN Global Group, a content distribution and service provider, has reached a deal to acquire the Miss Universe beauty pageant business and secure a licence agreement for the show for an investment of up to US$20 million (760 million baht).

Bangkok Post

JKN acquires Miss Universe Organization

JKN Global Group sealed a deal to acquire Miss Universe Organization (MUO) from IMG Worldwide at US$14 million, its chief executive officer Jakkaphong "Anne" Jakrajutatip said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Miss USA winner denies ‘rigging’ rumours sparked by contest video: ‘I have a lot of integrity’

‘I would never enter any pageant or any competition that I know I would win’

Bangkok Post

Pageant winner seen as 'pride of city'

Bangkok governor, Chadchart Sittipunt, has hailed the new Miss Universe Thailand 2022 as a proud child of Bangkok, inspiring people in the capital with her soft power.

Irish Mirror

Former Miss Universe Ireland pens heartbreaking tribute to 'friend and sister' Cheslie Kryst after tragic death

Miss USA winner and attorney Cheslie Kryst died tragically after a fall from her building in New York City

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Miss Universe Organization

31 stories

Miss USA

19 stories

Miss Universe Organization

18 stories

JKN

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.