I fell in love with the pageant world. People that don't compete in pageants, I think they have a negative feeling for… — Abbey Curran Copy Share Image
Winning a pageant or sometimes simply participating in a contest can change your life. Outer beauty is just a part of the… — Lara Dutta Copy Share Image
As you know, the South is known for its hospitality, traditions, football, pageants, and food. Football is almost like a religion here.… — Katherine Webb Copy Share Image
My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped… — Pam Grier 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
A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
It is a truism that as long as man loves but himself and his art he can never attain to the full… — Percy Jewett Burrell 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
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
I've lived in New York all my life, and we went to the Mormon Pageant each year in upstate New York. It… — Renee Fleming 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
I won Miss Teen World, and then a movie rep saw me on the pageant website and thought that I had the… — Amy Jackson Copy Share Image
That openness to experimentation in Seattle is how I learned a drag queen doesn't have to just be in her pageant gear… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
They always say the Miss America Pageant isn't a beauty contest, it's really a scholarship program. If that's the case, why don't… — Jay Leno 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
Being Miss Universe is much more than having a sash and a crown. It is about taking pride in my commitment to… — Leila Lopes Copy Share Image
Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another… — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
I feel incredibly honored to have been the very first Miss California USA titleholder to have been crowned with the Legacy Crown.… — Nicole Johnson Copy Share Image
I would like to show that I have a heart, that I am a human being and I have feelings. And to… — Gabriela Isler Copy Share Image
I remember when I was little, I watched the Miss Universe Pageant on TV and for several days afterwards, I imitated how… — Precious Lara Quigaman Copy Share Image
People think pageant girls are snotty, cutthroat, self-absorbed. Everybody that I meet in the industry is so kind, giving, and they are… — Nicole Johnson Copy Share Image
My life since Miss Universe has been changed a lot. have grown so much as a result of my travels and all… — Jennifer Hawkins Copy Share Image
India was a sensation. It was remarkable to see all those parrots flying about, the brilliant foliage and the brilliant sky. It… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
Just as with the Miss South Africa platform, I understand the responsibility of being Miss Universe and the impact it has on… — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters 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
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
“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
