A Massachusetts high school girl goes head-to-head with her male classmates for a pageant crown.

Michael Patrick Jann's beauty-pageant sendup "Drop Dead Gorgeous" lands the crown.

“The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” was named queen of the Veiled Prophet Ball, which has a long history of racism

Erin O'Flaherty is the first openly gay contestant in the pageant's history, but the progress hasn't come easily

“I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here’”

Imagine a male pageant in which, say, Oprah Winfrey "hosted" 80 young men in Speedos. You can't, can you?

How is Miss America "still a thing"? wonders John Oliver

No more swimsuits, and no judging on looks. But it's still women competing and being judged by strangers

Filmmaker Nicole Rittenmeyer on challenges of investigating beauty pageants and why "it's not a bunch of bimbos"

A beauty pageant contest appropriately shut down the president when it comes to dealing with racists

Father Antonio Rungi says his pageant plans were "deliberately misinterpreted."

Wanted: A down-to-earth twosome who will promote the values of marriage and aren't afraid of a little friendly competition.

Much has been made of Trump's creepy attitudes toward women, but he's not the only one with a Miss Universe problem

Surgical marvels battle it out in China's first artificial-beauty pageant.

Scorned for speaking her mind, punished for lying about her past, Carrie Prejean is a shining example of our mixed-up ideas about American womanhood.