History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy. — Augustine Birrell Copy Share Image
“Every day in the life of a woman is a walking Miss America Contest.” — Wendy Bantam Copy Share Image
Pageantry isn't just about holding a title, it's also about helping women grow as people. — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
The platform Miss Universe has given me has exceeded my wildest expectations. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
Since I wore a bikini at the Miss India pageant, I have no inhibitions wearing it on screen. — Neha Dhupia Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as a Miss Universe who overcame her fears and helped other women overcome theirs. — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Copy Share Image
Music is a beauty pageant. When I go put myself out there, I'm going to compete. — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
All our pride is but a jest. None are worst and none are best. Grief and hope and joy and fear Play… — Thomas Campion Copy Share Image
Pageant makeup is so different from your day-to-day look. When you're on stage you really have to pack it on. — Katherine Webb Copy Share Image
Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
That year I went to Miss America, that was the first year I had competed in an adult pageant, if you could… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
Every time people ask me, 'Did you know that you would be Miss Universe?', my answer is, 'I didn't know that I… — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
There's really a lot of lessons that I've learned from being Miss Universe. I don't even know where to begin. Just being… — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
I was always passionate about the Miss India pageant. Though I was a medical student, I never had a plan B. I… — Manushi Chhillar 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
People told me that I was the best-looking girl in my college. But it was only after I won a beauty pageant… — Payal Rohatgi Copy Share Image
Dreams are real. This is unreal. This world is unreal. Everybody has it backwards. This is the dream. This is an insubstantial… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I started a campaign in South Africa called Unbreakable where I empower women all over my country with skills and knowledge how… — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Copy Share Image
I have been feeling the love of South Africans since I got crowned Miss South Africa, even before going to Miss Universe.… — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin and her virtual burqa have me and my friends retching into our handbags. She's such a power-mad, backwater beauty-pageant casualty,… — Cintra Wilson Copy Share Image
Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I actually quite miss being called Philippines because in the pageant it's normal for us to be called our country instead of… — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be blessed. I have a family that is a mix of different religions and different ethnicities. I hope… — Rima Fakih Copy Share Image
When you come from an environment that's military, and they don't stress that topic of aesthetics or beauty pageants and makeup, there… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our… — Stephen Mitchell Copy Share Image
Now, how can I be anti-woman? I even judged the Miss America pageant. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Miss Eco-Beauty title is a very qualitative and important award! — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
Winning a beauty pageant and the Miss India title was always a dream. — Manushi Chhillar Copy Share Image
