Miss Quote by Lara Dutta

I look at pageants as a really wonderful thing to women. I think it helps a lot of women. It gives them opportunity. It…

— Shanna Moakler

Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another girl, and…

— Joyce Giraud

I think Miss Universe is wonderful platform that we promote diversity and women empowerment. Why? Because we are achieved women who have stories, who…

— Catriona Gray

The Miss America Pageant reinforces a belief that women are merely how they look and how they please.

— Gloria Steinem

People think pageant girls are snotty, cutthroat, self-absorbed. Everybody that I meet in the industry is so kind, giving, and they are some of…

— Nicole Johnson

I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for pageants. And the reason I got involved is because I wanted to give…

— Shanna Moakler

Pageants were an amazing platform that gave a little girl like me from the mountains of my beautiful Puerto Rico a chance to travel,…

— Joyce Giraud

Basically, pageants have turned to glorifying being obese and being a man.

— Brett Cooper

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

— Shanna Moakler

I resonate with everything that the Miss Universe organisation stands for, especially empowering women across the globe.

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

I think pageant girls just have a way of faking it until you make it, almost.

— Hannah Brown

I think young women want to see themselves, and indeed their hopes and dreams, represented in characters.

— Nicholas Galitzine