Beauty Pageants Trivia

1. Which beauty pageant has a logo of "the woman with stars"?

From Quiz The Big Four

Answer: Miss Universe

"The woman with stars" logo was created in 1998 to represent the beauty and responsibility of women around the universe.

From Quiz Fifty years of the Rose of Tralee

Answer: Alice O'Sullivan

Alice O'Sullivan was one of five Roses to participate in the contest. Alice was nineteen years old and a native of Dublin, but her father was originally from Tralee.

From Quiz Miss Universe 2008

Answer: Nha Trang, Vietnam

Miss Universe 2008 took place in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Miss Universe 2004 took place in Quito, Ecuador, Miss Universe 2005 took place in Bangkok, Thailand, and Miss Universe 2007 took place in Mexico City, Mexico.

From Quiz Miss Universe 2007

Answer: 77

77 contestants competed at Miss Universe 2007. 80 competed the year after that.

From Quiz Interesting Facts about the Miss America Pageant

Answer: Washington, DC

When the pageant first started in 1921, the contestants represented cities rather than states. Miss Gorman won a prize of $100!

From Quiz Miss World 1992-2002

Answer: Lisa Hanna

Lisa Hanna surprised the world when she won the crown in 1993 for her home island of Jamaica. Few doubted the righteousness of this surprise decision though, since she blew the audience and the judges away with a stunning answer to her final question. Ninibeth Leal was the Miss World from 1991 who crowned Julia Kurotchkina in 1992. Michelle McLean received a crown in 1992 as well, when she was crowned the new Miss Universe.

From Quiz Miss Teen USA

Answer: Florida

The first Miss Teen USA pageant was held in Lakeland, Florida in 1983.

From Quiz Asia's Beauty Pride

Answer: Akiko Kojima

Akiko is from Japan.

From Quiz Miss America Pageant

Answer: 1921

The first Miss America was 16 year old Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC.

From Quiz Miss Universe Pageant

Answer: United States

As of the year 2000, the United States has won the pageant seven times, most recently in 1997.

From Quiz Queens of the Universe

Answer: Finland

The first Miss Universe competition was held in Long Beach, California, with 30 contestants from around the world. These included separate contestants from Alaska and Hawaii, which were not at the time US states. 17-year-old Finnish girl Armi Kuusela became the first winner. She was crowned by actress Piper Laurie with the historic Romanov Imperial Nuptial Crown, which she sadly did not get to keep. After a busy life, in 1989 she settled with her second husband in San Diego, California, and later became a US citizen.

From Quiz Universal Beauty

Answer: Kerry Anne Wells

She represented Australia in 1972 competition and won the crown.

From Quiz The Big Four

Answer: Miss Earth

Miss Earth was based in the Philippines and the newest among the four major beauty pageant being organized and formed in 2001.

From Quiz Fifty years of the Rose of Tralee

Answer: Unmarried mothers

Up to, and including, 2007 only single girls were allowed to participate in the contest. In 2008 that was changed to allow unmarried mothers to take part.

From Quiz Miss Universe 2008

Answer: Kosovo

After declaring its independence, Kosovo sent Zana Krasniqi to Miss Universe 2008, as its first delegate in the pageant's history. She placed sixth during the competition.

From Quiz Interesting Facts about the Miss America Pageant

Answer: Win the pageant two years in a row

After Miss Campbell won two years in a row, the rules were changed that a contestant could only win once. This holds true to this day.

From Quiz Miss Teen USA

Answer: New York

Ruth Zakarian was the first Miss Teen USA.

From Quiz Asia's Beauty Pride

Answer: Papua New Guinea

The Miss Asia 1976 was held in Manila on May 24, 1975 with 18 contestants. The following year, Eva competed in Hong Kong in the Miss Universe pageant where Israel's Rina Messinger had won.

From Quiz Miss America Pageant

Answer: Hawaii

Angela Baraquio is the second Miss America from Hawaii. The first was Carolyn Sapp in 1992.

From Quiz Miss Universe Pageant

Answer: Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus, hosted the Miss Universe 2000 pageant.

From Quiz Queens of the Universe

Answer: Carol Morris

The 1956 Miss Universe competition was the fifth, and was held in Long Beach, California. 30 contestants took part, with 19-year-old Carol Morris from Omaha, Nebraska, being crowned the winner. Marina Orschel of Germany was the runner-up, with Ingrid Goude (Sweden) in third place.

From Quiz Universal Beauty

Answer: Alicia Machado

She was very controversial at that time.

From Quiz The Big Four

Answer: Miss World

Eric Morley created Miss World in 1951 in UK, making it the oldest surviving beauty pageant.

From Quiz Fifty years of the Rose of Tralee

Answer: 1967

Telefis Eireann first broadcasted the Rose Selection from a stage outside the Ashe Memorial Hall. The compere was Joe Lynch, a well known Irish actor.

From Quiz Miss Universe 2008

Answer: Thailand

Thailand's Gavintra Photijak won the Best National Costume award, marking its country's fourth time winning the award.

From Quiz Miss Universe 2007

Answer: Tanzania

Flaviana Matata represented her country of Tanzania for the first time in Miss Universe history. She was also the first contestant to compete with a shaved head.

From Quiz Pageants Galore Part 2

Answer: Anna Theresa Licaros

Under the Trump Miss Universe, pageant fans around the world had the chance to cast their votes online in determining the Miss Photogenic winner. In 2005, the award was went to Gionna Cabrera in Bangkok, Thailand, and in 2006 it went to Lia Andrea Ramos in Los Angeles, California, USA. In 1996 and 1997, Aileen Leng Damiles and Abbygale Arenas won the same award for the Philippines. Before the internet Miss Photogenic voting, two Filipinas already won this award, Vida Valentina Doria in 1971 and Margarita Roxas Moran in 1973. This makes the Philippines having the most number of Miss Photogenic awards in the Miss Universe pageant history.

From Quiz Miss World 1992-2002

Answer: Croatia

The Philippines, South Africa, Venezuela and Croatia all had a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageants of 1993 and 1994. Finland only had a semi-finalist in 1993 whereas Greece and Belgium had a semi-finalist each in 1994.

From Quiz Miss Teen USA

Answer: Oregon

Oregon won at least three times with Mindy Duncan (1988), Bridgette Wilson (1990), and Tami Farrell (2003)

From Quiz Asia's Beauty Pride

Answer: Lara Dutta

It was reported that Lara went home immediately after the Miss Intercontinental pageant in Germany because of how the pageant turned to be a sleazy show. She is second to Sushmita Sen (1994) as India's Miss Universe.

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