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
When I became Miss World, I couldn't believe I had won it. I used to sleep with my crown because I was… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
As Miss Universe, you have to be confident in who you are. Miss Universe has to overcome her fears and teach others… — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Copy Share Image
The first time I was asked whether women can "have it all" was at the Miss America pageant. I said no. I… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
I didn't get out of India till I was 15 years old, and I went to Malaysia with my father for an… — Sushmita Sen Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for pageants. And the reason I got involved is because I wanted… — Shanna Moakler 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
I think pageants like Miss Universe give young women a platform to follow the field we want, a platform to voice our… — Lara Dutta Copy Share Image
“The White Lady replied,— "Do not ask me; On doubts like these thou canst not task me. We only see the passing… — Walter Scott 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
When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
There is no other Parliament like the English. For the ordinary man, elected to any senate, from Perisa to Peru, they may… — Josiah Wedgwood Copy Share Image
Nowadays there's the taping of the boobs. The tanning has become pretty intense with these young ladies. The hair extensions have become… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
Pageants were an amazing platform that gave a little girl like me from the mountains of my beautiful Puerto Rico a chance… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
Schoolboy days are no happier than the days of afterlife, but we look back upon them regretfully because we have forgotten our… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It's an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will… — Steve McFadden Copy Share Image
I find this wave of super-skinny women scary. I'm not going to lie to you, I've got to drag myself down to… — Catherine Zeta-Jones Copy Share Image
The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When I create, I feel that I am a participant in the grand pageant of life, a part of the ongoing creative… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I was told I would never win a pageant because I was too little. But not only did I win, but then… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
On the long dusty ribbon of the long city street, The pageant of life is passing me on multitudinous feet, With a… — John Masefield Copy Share Image
The pageant of life is divided into ying and yang. They're two circles. You can follow either circle and manage to develop… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In India, I didn't have to struggle a lot since I was already a Miss India pageant winner. I could smoothly transition… — Pooja Batra Copy Share Image
“What do you want ?" It was a hard question, especially if I had to bat en down the sarcasm. I mean,… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
Winning the Miss Universe title was not only a personal victory but a victory for the whole rainbow nation. I couldn't be… — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Copy Share Image
They have no allegiance to Atlantic City whatsoever, other than nostalgia, and that doesn't pay the bills, ... The Miss America pageant… — Leonard Horn Copy Share Image
I look at pageants as a really wonderful thing to women. I think it helps a lot of women. It gives them… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
Shakespeare, of course, makes us ever aware of transience, not only in the sonnets, but also powerfully in his plays - spectacles… — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
Yes, my pageant career was incredibly short. I started at 19 and was done at 21. I started by competing for Miss… — Meagan Tandy Copy Share Image
So many people look up to pageants, including young girls and young boys. The message that I would hate to send to… — Catriona Gray Copy Share Image
While I wasn't able to do my first walk' as Miss Universe during my pageant, at least I'll be able to do… — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
I felt calm when I was called first runner-up because I felt it was fate. But when they announced that I was… — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
Most women in pageants love the actual pageant - the competition, the show. They don't understand that it is actually a real… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
“But Momma, winning that pageant wasn't your life -- it was only a day in your life -- that's all. Mrs. Odell… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be… — Kathryn Hurn Copy Share Image
Miss Earth, to me, means a lot more than an international beauty pageant. It implies a larger than life celebration of spirit,… — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
Because I knew we were going to wear five inches during the pageant, I would train with six inches. So, when it… — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
