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Lindsey Marie Coffey of the US was named Miss Earth 2020 at the 20th edition of the Miss Earth pageant. Standing tall at 5'10", the 28 year-old Lindsey is the first American to win the Miss Earth title after a series of bridesmaid placements in the recent several editions of the pageant. With Lindsey winning Miss … Continue reading Miss Earth 2020, Lindsey Marie Coffey of the USA
The latest controversy to rock pageantlandia is the accuses-laden live video and the succeeding apology of Mexicana Universal National Director, Lupita Jones to Sofia Aragon. This falling out between the two Mexican queens have been largely discussed and talked about by pageant fans in and outside Mexico. In our experience it is the pageant girls … Continue reading Why Lupita Jones Must Resign
Over the past several months, our Sashes & Scripts followers have increasingly noticed that we no longer do pageant hot-picks anymore. That is simply because we believe that they have now become irrelevant and obsolete. Here are our reasons why... WHY PAGEANT HOT-PICKS ARE OBSOLETE AND IRRELEVANT One of our reasons why we no longer … Continue reading Pageant Hot-Picks Are No Longer Relevant
Today, we are taking a break from posting pageantry-related post in our blog. Instead we are urging you to help via the following donation drives for victims of the floods and devastation caused by the recent typhoons Rolly, Siony, Tonyo and Ulysses in the Philippines. Any amount would be of great help to the victims … Continue reading Donation Drives for Victims of Flooding in Cagayan and Isabela
The siren call for the Miss World Philippines 2020 pageant has begun! One of the biggest criticisms that the Miss World Philippines had was the relatively short amount of time that our winners get to prepare. Since the time that the franchise was acquired by Cory Quirino in 2011, preparations of Philippine delegates seem to … Continue reading Miss World Philippines Winners: Battle Ready upon Coronation
A new Miss USA has been crowned and she is Mississippi's first African-American winner and now the states' first Miss USA titleholder, Asya Danielle Branch. This former Miss Mississippi America 2018 stands 5'6 1/2" tall and is a 22-year-old University of Memphis marketing major. Despite making up almost 40 percent of Mississippi’s population, Asya is … Continue reading Miss USA 2020 – Asya Branch
Last October 24, Shudufhadzo Musida was named Miss South Africa 2020 with Thato Thelma Mosehle as 1st runner-up and Natasha Joubert as 2nd runner-up. The winners have been named a little over a week ago and yet we are still on the edge of our seats on who will be sent to the Miss Universe, … Continue reading Shudufhadzo for MU| Thato for MW | Natasha for MS
Women of color and bi-racial women are on the rise in pageantry. At least 5 recently crowned Miss Universe representatives are women with mixed ancestry and heritages. Featuring several high profile national titleholders, we are delving into this emerging trend among national pageants. Women of mixed ancestry aren't hardly new in the Miss Universe pageant. … Continue reading Is 2020 the Rise of the WOC/ Bi-Racial Queens?
In one of the recent interviews of 2018 Miss Universe Catriona Gray, she mentioned the concept of what is fair in the realm of pageantry. When ABSCBN's Karen Davila on the program Headstart asked Catriona if is cheating possible in a pageant, the beauty queen answered, "there is the judging/ score process and there is … Continue reading Pageants: A Question of Fairness
Why can't pageant fans stop talking about how perfect was Alaiza Malinao's campaign in the recently finished Miss Universe Philippines? Here's the main reason why... If there was one takeaway from the 2020 Miss Universe Philippines campaign of Alaiza Malinao was her championship of the regular people of the provinces. Her representation of the probinyanos … Continue reading Alaiza Malinao: The Promdi’s Champion
One of the ladies in the hot seat in pageants lately is 2020 Miss Universe Philippines 2nd runner-up, Michele Gumabao. Pageant fans have been throwing negative and accusatory comments left and right over social media, some even speculating unsportsmanship and ill-mannered attitudes over Michele. With all of these numerous floating accusations only a handful few … Continue reading In Defense of Michele Gumabao
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