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
I hate the whole tall-poppy syndrome. I don't want people to think it's all gone to my head, because it isn't. That's… — Jennifer Hawkins 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
It was a gloomy day, Young boy walking on a narrow street. Felt someone following him, So all he heard was his… — Vladimir Cius 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
This is school, not a freakin beauty pageant. No need to apply makeup in the bathrooms and take up space! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible. — Zooey Deschanel 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 relevance of beauty pageants in the Philippines is that it gives people hope. — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
I was always focused on my studies and wanted to be a doctor, but like every girl, I would also dream to… — Manushi Chhillar 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
“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
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
“In my mind, she was Lebkuchen Spice—ironic, Germanic, sexy, and off beat. And, mein Gott, the girl could bake a damn fine… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Kay Cannon was a woman I’d known from the Chicago improv world. A beautiful, strong midwestern gal who had played lots of… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“If she had anything to say about it, the pageant would be called off and the dignity of Sweet Valley womanhood would… — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
Upon being crowned Little Miss Cherub, a three-year-old girl waved an envelope containing her scholarship at her mother watching from the audience… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In Trump's mind, women derive their primary value from how they look, which is probably why he owned a major beauty pageant… — Kirsten Powers 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
Music is a beauty pageant. When I go put myself out there, I'm going to compete. — Princess Nokia 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
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
Let's cultivate an environment, not just in beauty pageants but in society in general, where we argue like we're right but listen… — Catriona Gray Copy Share Image
