Miss World England, Milla Magee, was inspired to introduce the new beauty pageant round after watching her grandparents ...

Her victory was not only unusual in Ivory Coast but across the world, where Western beauty standards are often the desired look both for those entering contests and for the judges.

It’s an aroma that reminds me of her decades later. For me, and so many other Black women, fragrance isn’t just a beauty product; it’s memory, tradition and identity. It is the link to our ...

With the preliminary rounds under way, arguments over whether pageants should be setting beauty rules or women should decide such things for themselves continues. The outcome may be that there is ...

Regret, I am well aware, is a pointless emotion. And yet, I can’t quite let go of missing out on a job lot of vintage brooches at an auction at TW Gaze in Norfolk last year. There were 80 to 100 ...

Marlène-Kany Kouassi is one of only two winners of Miss Ivory Coast over the last six decades to wear her crown over natural hair [COMICI] ...

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The winner will represent Quezon City at the Miss World Philippines 2025 beauty pageant later this year. In addition, the winners will receive cash and products from this year's sponsors. The 11 ...

Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the catwalks of Ivory Coast’s massively popular beauty pageants for years. Contestants in the West African nation often spend a huge amount of ...

Changes are slowly creeping in - last December Angélique Angarni-Filopon, from the French Caribbean island of Martinique, made headlines when she was crowned Miss France, mainly because of her ...

Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the catwalks of Ivory Coast's massively popular beauty pageants for years. Contestants in the West African nation often spend a huge amount ...