Leila Lopes, Miss Angola 2011, was crowned Miss Universe 2011 in Brazil on 12 September 2011 making her the first Angolan to win the pageant.

Beauty pageant coach Victor Melling ( Michael Caine ), whose reputation was ruined after his last contestant criticized his methods, teaches the tomboyish Hart how to dress, walk, and act like a contestant.

The pageant itself was shot at Bass Concert Hall at the University of Texas at Austin and the hotel hosting the contestants was the Hyatt on Lady Bird Lake, again in Austin.

* Jonbenet Ramsey ( 6 August 1990 – 25 December 1996 ) was a child beauty pageant contestant who was missing and found dead in her Boulder, Colorado home.

Sometimes, each play was performed on a decorated cart called a pageant that moved about the city to allow different crowds to watch each play.

The event was also highlighted by the appearance of four winners of the Miss Indonesia beauty pageant: Nadine Alexandra Dewi, Inda Adeliani, Alessandra K Usman, and Reisa Kartikasari.

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.

She spoke of her ambition to study psychiatry, and also stated her intention to compete in the " Miss Washington " pageant in 1960, but before she could follow either course of action, Paul Tate was transferred to Italy, taking his family with him.

Some believe a fanciful story created for a popular early twentieth-century pageant held in Sarasota, that it was named after the daughter of famous explorer Hernando de Soto's daughter Sara.

The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment that flourished in 16th and early 17th century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio ( a public version of the masque was the pageant ).

George Bell, the Bishop of Chichester, was instrumental in getting Eliot to work as writer with producer E. Martin Browne in producing the pageant play The Rock ( 1934.

One pageant performed on the streets of London in 1605 was described in Anthony Munday's Triumphs of Reunited Britannia:

The first modern American pageant was staged by P. T. Barnum in 1854, but his beauty contest was closed down by public protest., He previously held dog, baby, and bird beauty contests.

In that year Miss Lebanon, Christina Sawaya won the Miss International pageant, Miss Turkey, Azra Akın won Miss World, and the original winner of Miss Earth for that year was Džejla Glavović from Bosnia and Herzegovina ( before being replaced by Winfred Omwakwe of Kenya ).

She was reportedly persuaded by Puerto Rican make-up artist Carmen Andino to compete in the Miss Puerto Rico pageant, then owned by Puerto Rican modeling guru and businesswoman Anna Santisteban.

Due to her win in the Miss Universe pageant, she was honored with what was considered until then one of the biggest welcomings ever at San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, then known as Isla Verde International Airport.

Torres was discovered at age 17 while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant.

Torres ' victory in the pageant caused some controversy because of the claim that she was still a minor ; however, Torres had turned 18 several months before the contest.

Asti's Palio is the oldest recorded one in Italy, and in modern times is held in the triangular Piazza Alfieri preceded by a medieval pageant through the old town on the 3rd Sunday of September.

On Monday a carnival pageant is held on stage at Queen's Park, where costumes, themes and calypso queens are judged.

The pageant is held every June and provides thousands of dollars annually to young women.

Torres won the crown in the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico City on May 21, 1993.

" The pageant, which launched the career of Gordon County native Marla Maples, former spouse of real estate magnate Donald Trump, has been held intermittently since the mid-1980s, most recently in 2008.

* The Miss Saint Patricks Scholarship pageant, sponsored by the Pilot Club, is held every year in March in conjunction with the Saint Patrick's Day celebration.

* The Miss and Outstanding Teen Irish Capital Scholarship Pageant is an official Miss America preliminary pageant and is held in the fall.

Bucyrus, known as the Bratwurst Capital of America, is home to the Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival, which is held during the third weekend annually in August and includes musical performances and a beauty pageant.

In 1949 a pageant was held to celebrate Aaronsburg's unique history and namesake.

Since 1971, De Smet has hosted a pageant, held over several weekends in July, to honor Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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.

In the early 1920s, the Potpourri, Northwestern ’ s yearbook, sponsored the first beauty pageant held on the university campus.

The pageant began in Atlantic City, New Jersey and was held there each year in September through 2004 ( except for the year 2000, when it was held on October 14 ).

In 1996 the pageant held a phone-in poll asking the public to weigh in on whether or not the Swimsuit competition should be continued.

A girls pageant is held to commemorate the festival with the winner crowned " Miss Teeny Pop ".

From the 1960s into the 1980s, Dominion Day was the date the Miss Dominion of Canada beauty pageant, held at Niagara Falls, Ontario.

On May 26, 1987 she beat 67 contestants to become the first Chilean to win the Miss Universe beauty pageant that was held in Singapore that year.

In 1662, to celebrate the birth of his first child, Louis XIV held a vast pageant of mounted courtiers in the New Garden.

An annual beauty pageant is also held, as well as various health and HIV or AIDS seminars.

The 60th edition of the Miss World pageant was held in the palace on 7 December 2002.

* On 8 November 2008, the first major international beauty pageant production of television programs, held in Macao and called the 48th Miss International, was broadcast on TVB.

Also extant are two pageants from a New Testament cycle acted at Coventry and one pageant each from Norwich and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Anne made her début at the Chateau Vert ( Green Castle ) pageant in honour of the imperial ambassadors on 4 March 1522, playing " Perseverance.

To cap its record-breaking speed run, the Zephyr arrived dramatically on-stage at the fair's " Wings of a Century " transportation pageant.

Notable events at the school district's campuses each year include a regional music student competition, a student musical theater production, and a community beauty pageant.

The Resaca Beach Poster Girl Contest, a swimsuit pageant at one time known throughout the South, was founded in the nearby city of Dalton in 1983 as a marketing gimmick of Conquest Carpet Mills, Inc.

The festival also incorporates a golf tournament, beauty pageant ( Miss Strassenfest ), fishing tournament, and a network of German " Polka Masses " at the three Roman Catholic parishes: St. Joseph's, Holy Family, and Precious Blood.

* Stacy Essebaggers-Shepherd, 2001 Miss Michigan and Top-10 semifinalist at the Miss America pageant.

In September 1941, seventy-five years after Plymouth was incorporated as a borough, the town began a five-day celebration at Huber Field, including a pageant with the patriotic theme " America on Parade ".

At age 18, she represented Mayagüez in 1979 at the Miss Puerto Rico pageant where she placed 1st runner up in the competition.

In 1954, at the age of 20, Dalida competed in and won the Miss Egypt pageant, and was crowned Miss Egypt.

While a student at La Jolla High School in 1958, she won the Fairest of the Fair beauty pageant at the San Diego County Fair.

Leland and Nicholas Udall composed verses to be read or recited at the pageant of Anne Boleyn's arrival in London in 1533, which was staged for the occasion of her coronation.

The organization makes continual efforts to expand the pageant, but the participation of some countries such as Algeria has proven difficult due to cultural barriers to the swimsuit competition, while others such as Azerbaijan, Mozambique, Armenia and Nepal have balked at sending representatives due to the cost ( in fact, of all the major international pageants, the franchise fee for Miss Universe is the most expensive ).

* Three Miss World delegates placed as finalists / semifinalists in the pageant prior to their win at Miss International: Brucene Smith of USA, Top 7 finalist at Miss World 1971 ; Goizeder Azua of Venezuela, Top 10 finalist at Miss World 2002 ; and Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico, Top 15 semifinalist at Miss World 2008.