Pageant Quotes

“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

I really lived and breathed Miss Universe.

— Pia Wurtzbach

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

— Rush Limbaugh

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

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

I may now carry the sash of Miss Universe, but I'll forever be your Miss Philippines.

— Catriona Gray

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

At times school sucks so much that I think, why can't I be Honey Boo Boo? I'd be happily chubby and rollin'…

— Anonymous

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on…

— Wallace Stevens

Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.

— Diane Ackerman

Miss America is a scholarship pageant, and they actually define themselves as a talent pageant.

— Shanna Moakler

Its high school not a beauty pageant. Stop worrying bout wat you're goin to look like n front of the boys and…

— Anonymous

If you think beauty pageants are all about perfections, then I am sorry to say, it is not like that.

— Harnaaz Sandhu

Becoming Miss Universe made me realize that women worldwide face the same challenges daily, such as various forms of violence and crime,…

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure…

— Ambrose Bierce

'Housewives' are a million times cattier than pageant girls! I know pageant girls have a reputation for being catty, but 'Housewives' are…

— Joyce Giraud

Contest doesn't just judge solely on beauty, if you have a dream you must pursue it. Go for it is my advice.…

— Gisel Rifmily

The first time I joined the gym was during the Miss Sri Lanka pageant in 2006. Then, I went for the Miss…

— Jacqueline Fernandez

This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and…

— Hadley Freeman

Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools and pageant of a day; So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd…

— Alexander Pope

The pageant has passed. That day is over. But we linger, loath to think we shall see them no more together -…

— Joshua Chamberlain

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

Trump is probably disrespected women all of his life. His alignment with women has been with his beauty pageants. And those women…

— Maxine Waters

My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant…

— Greg Iles

I think the beauty industry is a stepping stone in terms of pageants that will give you a launching pad to be…

— Kenya Moore

If you've ever noticed, beauty pageants are a lot like county fairs. The farmers show the cows the same way. They walk…

— Sherry Argov

It just never comes across as a quality you want in a president that you're sitting in a room. It's almost as…

— Stuart Stevens

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

The effect of civilization is to impose human law upon environment until it becomes machine-like in its regularity. The objectionable is eliminated,…

— Jack London

I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.

— Danielle Steel

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

— Manushi Chhillar

The truth isn't meant to be pretty, that's for beauty pageants.

— Marc Marcel

It does feel great to be Miss Universe in the millennium year.

— Lara Dutta

Pageants are already ridiculous and sad, I think.

— Casey Wilson

Putting your child into a beauty pageant is a disgrace...

— Anonymous

“Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

— William Shakespeare

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

— Pia Wurtzbach