A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the
physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as
personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals. The term "beauty pageant" originally refers to the
Big Four international beauty pageants.[1][2][3][4][5]
Pageant titles are divided into
Miss,
Mrs.,
Mister, and
Teen, as well as international, regional, and national—to clearly identify the differences among these categories. Similar events for male pageants are usually called by other names, some are likely to be
bodybuilding competitions.
^"24歲前田智子當選為「2011日本小姐」" [24-year-old former Tian Zhizi elected as "Miss Japan 2011"]. Business Times (in Chinese). 4 July 2011. Archived from
the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^"SJ Pretorius wins Mister Teen World 2022". misterteenworld.com. Ecuador: Mister Teen World. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023. With the triumph of SJ Pretorius, South Africa celebrates a back-to-back win for the first time in history.
^"Ecuador headquarters of a world beauty event". lahora.com.ec. Ecuador: Diario La Hora. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023. In the men's version the winners were: SJ Pretorius, Mr. Teen World 2022, who achieved a second consecutive victory for South Africa.
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the
physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as
personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals. The term "beauty pageant" originally refers to the
Big Four international beauty pageants.[1][2][3][4][5]
Pageant titles are divided into
Miss,
Mrs.,
Mister, and
Teen, as well as international, regional, and national—to clearly identify the differences among these categories. Similar events for male pageants are usually called by other names, some are likely to be
bodybuilding competitions.
^"24歲前田智子當選為「2011日本小姐」" [24-year-old former Tian Zhizi elected as "Miss Japan 2011"]. Business Times (in Chinese). 4 July 2011. Archived from
the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^"SJ Pretorius wins Mister Teen World 2022". misterteenworld.com. Ecuador: Mister Teen World. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023. With the triumph of SJ Pretorius, South Africa celebrates a back-to-back win for the first time in history.
^"Ecuador headquarters of a world beauty event". lahora.com.ec. Ecuador: Diario La Hora. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023. In the men's version the winners were: SJ Pretorius, Mr. Teen World 2022, who achieved a second consecutive victory for South Africa.