His four children with Nancy are: Nancy Moore Thurmond ( 1971 – 1993 ), a beauty pageant contestant who was killed when a drunk driver hit her in Columbia, South Carolina ; James Strom Thurmond Jr. ( born 1972 ), who became U. S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina and is the current South Carolina 2nd Judicial Circuit Solicitor ; Juliana Gertrude ( Thurmond ) Whitmer ( born 1974 ), a married homemaker in Washington, DC ; and Paul Reynolds Thurmond ( born 1976 ), elected member of the Charleston County council.

In 1992, she participated in the Miss International pageant and became a semi-finalist.

After the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey, who spent her summers in Charlevoix and had won a pageant in the town, Charlevoix became a regular haven for tabloid photographers, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Ramsey family.

With the rise of feminism and the civil rights movement, the pageant became a target of protests, and its audience began to fade.

Bryant became Miss Oklahoma in 1958 and was a second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America beauty pageant at age 19, right after graduating from Tulsa's Will Rogers High School.

Starting with the 2006 pageant, Miss Puerto Rico Universe became the first pageant of the Miss Universe franchise to have a podcast.

In 2010, Nicole Faria became the first Indian to win the Miss Earth title in Vietnam, which leaves Miss International as the only major international pageant that has not been won by an Indian contestant, although India has placed as a runner up on numerous occasions.

In the 1990s the festival became very large, drawing crowds in the tens of thousands of people who camped on nearby farmers ' land over the summer week long of the pageant.

As the home of successive Earls and Countesses Spencer the state rooms of the house became a theatre for the pageant that was London high society.

In 1992 she became Miss Ohio, and was a semi-finalist in the Miss America pageant.

Jennifer became only the second Australian woman ever to win the international title, following Kerry Anne Wells who won the pageant in 1972.

In Hawaii later that year she became the first woman of Asian descent to represent Britain in the Miss Universe pageant.

Jessica Newton, Miss Peru 1987, became in charge of the Miss Peru pageant until 2004.

Stella Márquez Zawadski-Araneta ( née Márquez Zawadski born c. 1937 ) is a former Colombian beauty queen who was crowned the first Miss International in history and became the pageant director and organizer of Binibining Pilipinas since 1964.

She became Miss Colombia in 1959 and was therefore able to compete in the 1960 Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida placing as a top 15 semifinalist.

Stella Márquez-Araneta, a former Miss Colombia, who became a Miss Universe semifinalist and the winner of the first Miss International beauty pageant in 1960, is the chairperson of the BPCI which has been the official national franchise holder of the Miss Universe Organization since 1964.

In the nationally televised pageant, she became the first woman from Missouri to win the Miss USA title.

Miss Universe Malaysia, a national beauty pageant that began in 2010, replaced the Miss Malaysia Universe title after Andrea Fonseka who was the winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2004 took over the Miss Universe Malaysia Organization and became the National Director.

The publication's first all-color cover featured Peruvian model Gladys Zender, who became Latin America's first beauty pageant contestant to win the Miss Universe title in 1957.

Glebova competed in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2005, where she became the fourth Canadian in ten years to make the initial cut of semi-finalists.

At age 11 she won her first beauty pageant, " Miss Reina Infantil " and became the host of the famous Puerto Rican child game show Contra el Reloj con Pacheco.

She represented Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2005, and became the first Puerto Rican candidate in Miss Universe history to place first runner-up.

Amparo Muñoz Quesada ( June 21, 1954 – February 27, 2011 ) was a Spanish actress who, in 1974, became the first, and so far, only Spaniard to win the Miss Universe pageant.

A popular part of the event is the Little Miss SugarFest pageant.

The Festival of the Fish, held each June, is a three-day event, drawing people from Vermilion and the neighboring communities to take part in the Queen and Princess pageant, local talent concerts, parade, and concessions.

" Broadcasters show data proving that the talent show and the interviews, the pageant's answers to feminist criticism, were the least popular portions of the pageant, while the swimsuit part still had the power to bring viewers back from the kitchen ," said New York Times reporter Iver Peterson.

In 2012, Redgrave rowed on the Gloriana as part of the royal pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

Buffy tries to get help, but Buffy is at a beauty pageant and her talent was acting so they thought the cries were part of her act.

Other events include the Belle of the Blue, a scholarship pageant, and Greek Week, part of the rush and pledging tradition.

Even Schemer ( Brian O ' Connor ) is in a good mood, because the Indian Valley committee is putting on a Christmas pageant and he is almost certain to get the part of Santa's helper.

The town was allegedly founded around 966 AD as Skarðaborg by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking raider, there is no archaeological evidence to support these claims made during the 1960s, as part of a pageant of Scarborough event.

In addition to these local groups, many other carnival groups from the region take part in the pageant.

In " The Lesser of Two Evils ," one of the Miss Universe pageant contestants is an energy being identified, with little fanfare, as " Miss Heaven ," suggesting that by the 31st century, Heaven is an accessible part of the universe rather than a divine afterlife attainable only after death.

During Holy Week each year, thousands of penitents arrive in the area to watch and take part in a pageant commemorating the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, including the Good Friday flagellation and crucifixion rituals.

Her rendition was delivered at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, in a costume designed by Azzedine Alaïa as part of an elaborate pageant orchestrated by avant-garde designer Jean-Paul Goude.

In 1924, the locomotive went on an exhibition tour from Chicago to Seattle. William Crooks was displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair and again at the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948 where it was operated as part of the " Wheels A-Rolling " pageant.

This marriage is still celebrated in an annual pageant forming part of the Bathgate Procession & John Newlands Festival, colloquially known as the Bathgate Galaday ( or Gala day ).

As part of this campaign, Miller Brewing ran a series of highly distinctive television commercials in the winter of 1993 – 1994 showing several fictitious " extreme sports " such as " Wiener Dog Drag Racing " ( which featured two wiener dogs racing each other at a drag racing strip ), " Sumo High Dive " ( which depicted a Japanese sumo wrestler diving off a platform ) and " The Miss Perfect Face-Off " ( which featured beauty pageant contestants playing ice hockey ).

She started modeling alongside studies at the age of 16 Celina and took part in the 2001 Ms India pageant.

In the summer of 1927, the Liverpool Corporation held an air pageant at Hooton as part of its civic week.

* Vanessa Peretti ( b. 1986 ) first deaf and mute to take part in the Miss Venezuela pageant

However, the Prime Minister is informed of the true state of affairs, knows that Blore is lying, and has him arrested while he is taking part in a rural pageant in his capacity as a church warden.

* have taken part in a competing pageant,

Thompson was named " Miss Memphis State University " and third runner-up in the Miss Tennessee pageant ( which is part of the Miss America contest ).

Lisa tries to escape the situation by telling Ralph she is not ready to be romantic, but he uses his position as Chief Wiggum's son to get her tickets to Krusty's upcoming 29th Anniversary Special, as well as a leading part for himself in a President's Day pageant in which Lisa also stars.

Due to a fire in a part of Maracanãzinho's structure, the Miss Brazil 1970 pageant winner, Guanabara's Eliane Fialho Thompson was crowned in an event edition held only one time in Pavilhão de São Cristóvão ( São Cristóvão Pavilion ), in a Carioca northern zone district.

Ben-Ari was invited to the White House by Michelle Obama in March 2011 as part of a Women's History Month celebration, and she has been invited to perform at the 2011 Miss Universe China pageant.