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19-year-old from Cebu named Miss Philippines Earth 2014
19-year-old Jamie Herrell from Cebu City was named Miss Philippines Earth 2014 during the pageant's coronation night at the SM Mall of Asia Arena...
Vietnam beauty queen misspells country’s name
Miss Sports Vietnam 2007 Tran Thi Quynh, representative of Vietnam at Mrs. World 2013 held in Guangzhou, China, has been criticized for wearing a...
Myanmar picks first Miss Universe candidate in 50 years
Myanmar on October 3 selected its first Miss Universe contestant to represent the country in more than 50 years.
Moe Set Wine, 25, a US-educated...
Halal at its best: Islamic Miss World planned
The dispute over the Miss World 2012 beauty pageant currently held in Indonesia - the world's most populous Muslim country - and strongly rejected...
Muslim clerics seek to ban Miss World pageant
A committee of Islamic clerics in Indonesia demands that the Miss World 2013 beauty pageant slated to be held in Indonesia in September be...
Chinese-Greek student wins Miss World Singapore
Eighteen-year old Maria-Anna Zenieris, a Singapore student that is half-Chinese, half-Greek, won the Miss World Singapore beauty pageant held on July 28 in the...
Muslim beauty queens slammed with fatwa
Four young Muslim women aged aged 19 to 23 years were forced to drop out from the finalist round of Miss Malaysia World 2013...
Business woman wins Miss Universe Singapore title
Twenty-four-year-old Shi Lim on July 6 won the Miss Universe Singapore beauty pageant, giving her the right to represent the country in the contest’s...
Indonesia tourism fears Miss World closing
Heated debates on the Miss World beauty pageant slated to be held in September 2013 in Indonesia have caused concerns that the country might...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...