Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world.
I was studying communications and acting, and I decided over the summer that I wanted to work on my acting skills and perform in a pageant. I didn't have any other way of practicing, so I entered the Miss Rhode Island pageant. I ended up wearing a dress that was a $20 rental. It was too short, and there was a hole in the back of it.
Miss Earth, to me, means a lot more than an international beauty pageant. It implies a larger than life celebration of spirit, beauty, passion, and betterment.
The pageant of a former hour, Is Beauty in the Grave.
Earthquakes would be great if they could hit specific areas, like the parent lounge at a children's beauty pageant.
When I'm wearing makeup, I choose between doing my eyes or mouth because I don't want to look like a beauty pageant child.
Miss America is a scholarship pageant, and they actually define themselves as a talent pageant.
Winning a beauty pageant and the Miss India title was always a dream.
I was always focused on my studies and wanted to be a doctor, but like every girl, I would also dream to be at a beauty pageant at least once in life.
Music is a beauty pageant. When I go put myself out there, I'm going to compete.
Coming from a pageant title that celebrates diversity, I've come to appreciate all kinds of beauty.
I never thought of becoming an actress, but I always dreamt of winning a beauty pageant, and I achieved that.
I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world.
Happily there exists more than one kind of beauty. There is the beauty of infancy, the beauty of youth, the beauty of maturity, and, believe me, ladies and gentlemen, the beauty of age.
People told me that I was the best-looking girl in my college. But it was only after I won a beauty pageant in 2002 that I became confident.
When you become a pageant winner, you become a known face. So, winning a pageant helps us in making inroads into the industry.