In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Somewhere a woman is praying her toddler wins a beauty pageant. I say this because sometimes people wonder why God lets tornadoes… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
In reality I feel as horrified as a ghetto Jew watching the rise of National Socialism. — Cintra Wilson Copy Share Image
In place of equal respect, the nation offered women the Miss America beauty pageant, established in 1920-the same year women won the… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
If you think beauty pageants are all about perfections, then I am sorry to say, it is not like that. — Harnaaz Sandhu Copy Share Image
Its high school not a beauty pageant. Stop worrying bout wat you're goin to look like n front of the boys and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be a model for the rest of my life, I want to be a successful businesswoman. I want… — Agbani Darego Copy Share Image
Isn't it a little ironic here? We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
At the age of 18, I had participated in a beauty pageant. I represented India and won the title. That was my… — Koena Mitra Copy Share Image
I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
Sometimes, there can be a slightly condescending assumption that anything unlikable about a female character is a mistake, as if they're a… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself.… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
Just about every town in Texas has a beauty pageant. Ours was called The Dogwood Fiesta. I was in one of those.… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
¢ Your silence has been with me and I have let it have its say. I feel, as always, the same closeness… — Aroha Janet Copy Share Image
There are three things pageant women do. There's the Vaseline thing, which I didn't do. There's duct-taping your boobs, which I never… — Jeri Ryan Copy Share Image
I never went in thinking, "You're an African-American woman, so you're never going to win." I was just in career doing beauty… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
Trump is probably disrespected women all of his life. His alignment with women has been with his beauty pageants. And those women… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
“She was a beauty queen!'' ''Holy shit.'' Harrison dissolved into a fit of laughter. ''No way is Redding pulling that one off.… — Jana Deleon Copy Share Image
For me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international… — Aishwarya Rai Copy Share Image
The grass is always greener on the other side. We are busy applying fairness creams while people in the West go bare-bodied… — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
“Trump, the unserious candidate, had, however incomprehensibly, become a more or less serious one. And somehow, because of his prior unseriousness, and… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I never thought of becoming an actress, but I always dreamt of winning a beauty pageant, and I achieved that. — Urvashi Rautela Copy Share Image
Earthquakes would be great if they could hit specific areas, like the parent lounge at a children's beauty pageant. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
If Beauty is really in the eye of the beholder, how would you tell that to a blind person? — Matthew Van Zyl Copy Share Image
Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many. — Rakul Preet Singh Copy Share Image
“It sounded artificial, like a beauty pageant contestant pledging world peace. I did feel sad, but articulating it seemed cheap to me.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
This is war, not a beauty pageant, do what you have to do to make the sale. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Beauty pageants in general are foreign and noxious to me: I can barely muster the energy to put on lip gloss and… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
Miss USA is a woman of the new millennium pretty, sexy, intelligent, opinionated, and feels strong about expressing her opinion. — Shandi Finnessey Copy Share Image
When I fell on the stage ...I believe I stood up for the rest of the women who have fallen whether on… — Miriam Quiambao Copy Share Image
When I got to be about 16,17 I got into a beauty pageant and I was allowed to start playing around with makeup. — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
You need a role model who is beautiful, is trendy, and yet is still intelligent and has good moral values. — Shandi Finnessey Copy Share Image
This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and… — Hadley Freeman Copy Share Image
I would tell her to believe in herself because it is not only physical beauty that is important but also inner beauty.… — Ruffa Guttierez Copy Share Image
Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At that moment, it's kind of like dying. You're ALONE. There's nobody that can do it for you. (Terry Meeuwsen, Miss America… — Terry Meeuwsen Copy Share Image
My life since Miss Universe has been changed a lot. have grown so much as a result of my travels and all… — Jennifer Hawkins Copy Share Image
