The best known pageant in the Towneley manuscript is The Second Shepherds ' Pageant, a burlesque of the Nativity featuring Mak the sheep stealer and his wife Gill, which more or less explicitly compares a stolen lamb to the Saviour of mankind.

Salisbury holds an annual St George's Day pageant, the origins of which are claimed to go back to the 13th century.

A magnificent pageant precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world.

Universal produced a newsreel of the Texas Centennial Celebration beauty pageant in 1935, which shows models attempting to fit into life-sized cutouts of the Centennial Committee's concept of the " perfect figure.

Local traditions include a Butterfly Parade, in which elementary schoolchildren dress in various costumes and march through town, and the Feast of Lanterns, a Chinese-styled pageant in which a high school girl and her companions act out a melodrama.

The town hosts an annual festival called Bean Days which typically involves a parade, a pageant, and a rodeo, as well as a free ham and bean dinner.

The County Fair, which begins the week before Labor Day, features a demolition derby, rides, truck and tractor pulls, field crop contests, and a beauty pageant.

Each year it hosted the National Bluegill Frolic, a parade, fishing tournament, and beauty pageant which attracted thousands each year.

Others come to take in some of the local festivities which include the annual Blessing of the Bikes ( in which thousands of motorcyclists come from around the United States ) and Troutarama, in which two of the biggest events are the annual parade and the Miss Lake County pageant.

There is a scene in the 1999 motion picture, Drop Dead Gorgeous ( film ), ( which is about a Minnesota beauty pageant ), in which one character yells instructions to " Miss Forest Lake ".

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.

The fair holds many various events such as the " Fairest of the Fair " event, in which different young ladies are crowned based on voluntary activities and their performance in the pageant.

" The article cited a pageant, attended by 4000 people, which enacted scenes from the village's history, and concluded with the naming of the school principal as the Civic Secretary, charged with making the school the center of the life of the town.

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.

Passion Play in Duwa, Negombo which has been a full day programme on Good Friday could be the oldest and the best known catholic pageant in Sri Lanka, coming down from generation to generation with well preserved traditions.

The Lady of the Bracelet pageant ( commonly referred to as LOB ) is a long-standing competition which scholarships are awarded to female students.

In addition to being bestowed the title of " Lady of the Bracelet " for the following year, the first place contestant receives a full scholarship and goes on to compete in the Miss Louisiana pageant, which can ultimately result in a berth to the Miss America pageant.

In the Philippines, which shares Spanish culture due to being a former possession, the Posadas tradition is illustrated by the Panunulúyan pageant.

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the Washington, D. C., Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Carousel Productions organized and launched the first Miss Earth beauty pageant in 2001 to actively promote the preservation of the environment.

In 2002, the third title was changed to Femina Miss India-Earth, to designate India's representation at the newly launched Miss Earth pageant, focused on the cause of environmental advocacy.

The Miss Universe pageant had been held in Acapulco, and she received offers by Televisa producer Sergio Bustamante to develop a career there, but she returned to her country, and months later she accepted, and left her mother and boyfriend.

" She embarked on her career as a favor to a friend who was trying to promote a pageant for the Junior Chamber International ( JayCees ).

Perez began her career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawiaiian Tropics Anaheim.

Soon after her pageant success, Trisha began her acting career in an uncredited role as Simran's friend in Jodi.

Hunt started her career by doing pageants at fifteen years old and her pageant talent was acting.

After graduating from college, Olavarría was headed towards a master's degree in International Relations as well as a career with Elite Model Management when she decided to temporarily change her path in order to participate in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2005 pageant, where she won the crown representing the municipality of Salinas in October 2004.

Aitolehti started her career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning the Finnish titles of the 2001 Miss Earth and the 2004 Miss Hawaiian Tropic.

During the Miss Teen USA pageant, Boatwright was introduced to an international modeling scout, and started a career as a model.

She represented Missouri in the April 12, 2004 nationally televised Miss USA 2004 pageant at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles in front of hosts Nancy O ' Dell and Billy Bush and judges Jeff Gordon, Jerry Buss, John Salley, Mekhi Phifer, Rocco DiSpirito and Jill Stuart.

* In the fourth episode of the first season of The Sarah Silverman Program, titled " Not Without My Daughter ", Sarah witnesses a young girl, who later becomes her protégé, reciting Gordon Gekko's famous " Greed is Good " speech before a panel of beauty pageant judges.

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 won the Miss Orange County beauty pageant in 1978, and participated in Miss California the same year, finishing in sixth position.

Scioto County is best known for Portsmouth's " River Days " activities that include a parade, a pageant associated with the local high schools, boat races on the Ohio River ( in the past ), musical performances and a carnival.

The winners of both the Dublin and Laurens County pageants advance to the state pageant.

Each year the Effingham County Fair hosts nationally known country singers, a national touring rodeo, two ITPA truck and tractor pulls, the County Fair Queen pageant, the Effingham County talent show, and the annual Demolition Derby.

Meseke's trophy and pageant memorabilia are housed in the Marion County Historical Society.

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.

Whitestone competed in many beauty pageants, winning the Shelby County Junior Miss pageant.

Finnessey first competed in the Miss Missouri USA 2000 pageant in 1999 where, as Miss Saint Louis County in her senior year of college, she finished first runner-up to Denette Roderick.

In 2012, the pageant moved to the Allen Event Center in suburban Collin County.

Her younger sister, Siobhan, was also a beauty pageant winner, holding the title of Miss Otero County ( New Mexico ) while Mai was Miss USA.

Born in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, she represented New Jersey in the 1983 Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.