Pageant Quotes

I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.

— Danielle Steel

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

— Augustine Birrell

It takes a lot of self-belief to be Miss World.

— Manushi Chhillar

“Every day in the life of a woman is a walking Miss America Contest.”

— Wendy Bantam

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

— Augustine Birrell

This is life, not a beauty pageant.

— Jenni Monroe

Im a pageant queen, and Im a REDNECK, Honey Boo Boo Child!

— Honey Boo Boo Child

I really lived and breathed Miss Universe.

— Pia Wurtzbach

Since I wore a bikini at the Miss India pageant, I have no inhibitions wearing it on screen.

— Neha Dhupia

The platform Miss Universe has given me has exceeded my wildest expectations.

— Zozibini Tunzi

Pageantry isn't just about holding a title, it's also about helping women grow as people.

— Shanna Moakler

Music is a beauty pageant. When I go put myself out there, I'm going to compete.

— Princess Nokia

I want to be remembered as a Miss Universe who overcame her fears and helped other women overcome theirs.

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

Miss Universe is someone who communicates her thoughts effectively and is able to connect to people.

— Catriona Gray

Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we…

— William Shakespeare

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

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

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

That year I went to Miss America, that was the first year I had competed in an adult pageant, if you could…

— Shannon Bream

At the age of 18, I had participated in a beauty pageant. I represented India and won the title. That was my…

— Koena Mitra

I was always passionate about the Miss India pageant. Though I was a medical student, I never had a plan B. I…

— Manushi Chhillar

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

Dreams are real. This is unreal. This world is unreal. Everybody has it backwards. This is the dream. This is an insubstantial…

— Frederick Lenz

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

Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

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

I have been feeling the love of South Africans since I got crowned Miss South Africa, even before going to Miss Universe.…

— Zozibini Tunzi

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

I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the…

— Joyce Giraud

I consider myself to be blessed. I have a family that is a mix of different religions and different ethnicities. I hope…

— Rima Fakih

The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our…

— Stephen Mitchell

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

Now, how can I be anti-woman? I even judged the Miss America pageant.

— Rush Limbaugh

Miss World victory is something very personal to me.

— Manushi Chhillar

To be a Miss Universe is both an honor and responsibility.

— Pia Wurtzbach

The Miss World journey has been incredible.

— Manushi Chhillar

People that think life is a beauty pageant will usually fail.

— Anonymous

The Miss Eco-Beauty title is a very qualitative and important award!

— Sobhita Dhulipala

The pageant of a former hour, Is Beauty in the Grave.

— Roger Scruton

Winning a beauty pageant and the Miss India title was always a dream.

— Manushi Chhillar