Have you ever watched a pitch contest and wondered why the best idea (in your opinion) didn’t win? Decisions in a pitch contest are mostly based on instincts about which venture has the best chance to ...

Beauty pageants, while a dream for many girls, often conceal disturbing realities. Recently, Ilary Monsurro, a model who participated in one of Italy's most famous pageants, raised eyebrows with a ...

It’s the mother of all insults. The Miss America and Miss World pageants ban either some or all moms from their competitions — but a New Yorker with a 6-year-old boy hopes to change that. Danielle ...

A 6-year-old Elyria girl cleaned house at a recent beauty pageant and will be headed to the national competition later this ...

With the elegant gowns, stylized hair, carefully applied makeup, and moments in the spotlight, beauty pageants have attracted longstanding criticism for being allegedly superficial competitions ...

The Miss Italy beauty pageant has announced that it will not allow transgender competitors, and all entrants must be "a woman from birth." "Since it was born, my competition has foreseen in its ...

A mother and daughter from Blackpool have been crowned as beauty queens on the same night. Eden Ronson, 31, took home the ...