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Miss Asian America The Miss Asian America Pageant is a nationwide pageant founded in 1980 by Rose Chung with a mission "to showcase young Asian America women in a high quality production that will represent their culture, intelligence and talent."
Miss Beazley In the Archie Comics universe, Miss Bernice Beazley is the cafeteria chef of Riverdale High School. In a stereotype of high school cafeterias, Miss Beazley is portrayed as an awful cook (although Jughead Jones enjoys her cooking) who is quite curt and outspoken, even to Mr.
Miss Belgium The Miss Belgium (Dutch: Miss België, French: Miss Belgique) contest is the largest national beauty pageant of Belgium and has been held since 1969. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss World (winner), Miss Universe (1st runner-up) and Miss International pageants.
Miss Bianca Miss Bianca is a fictional mouse and one of the protagonists of Disney's 1977 animated film The Rescuers. Miss Bianca first appeared in Margery Sharp's 1959 novel, The Rescuers, one of the two books that inspired the Disney film.
Miss Black America (band) Miss Black America (MBA) are a rock band based in Suffolk, England. Its members are Seymour Glass (voice/guitar), Dan Smart (previously Simon Chapple) (drums), Mat Anthony (guitar/voice) and Laura Kidd (bass, replacing Mike Smith).
Miss Brasil The Miss Brasil Pageant is a beauty contest that has been held every year since 1954 between winners of the Brazilian state pageants. The winner of Miss Brasil competes in the Miss Universe contest and the runner-up competes in the Miss International.
Miss Bulgaria Miss Bulgaria (, Mis Balgariya) is an annual national beauty contest held in Bulgaria and initially established in the late 1920s, then discontinued during World War II and the Communist rule of Bulgaria to be reestablished in 1990.
Miss California Teen USA The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization, owned by Donald Trump
Miss California USA The Miss California USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state California in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by K2 Productions, a company whose directors include Keylee Sue Sanders, Miss Kansas Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1995.
Miss Cleo Youree Dell Cleomili Harris (born August 12, 1962 in Los Angeles, California), better known as Miss Cleo, is a self-proclaimed psychic. Harris became well-known through television ads in the 1990s, where she introduced herself as "Miss Cleo" hawking a psychic pay-per-call service.
Miss Coco Peru Clinton Leupp, aka Miss Coco Peru, is an American actor and drag performer, perhaps best known for his role in the 1999 independent film Trick. Peru was one of six performers featured in the Logo original stand-up comedy series Wisecrack.
Miss Colombia Miss Colombia is officially known as the Concurso Nacional de Belleza of Colombia, namely the National Contest of Beauty. It is the most significant pageant in a country that, like neighboring Venezuela, gives incredible weight to beauty contests.
Miss Connecticut USA The Miss Connecticut USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Crown Productions, who took over the pageant in 2003.
Miss Curaçao Miss Curaçao is the long standing national female beauty pageant of the Caribbean island of Curaçao. The pageant started in 1963 and since then it had sent contestants to the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants.
Miss Czech-Slovak USA Miss Czech-Slovak USA, the largest Czech-Slovak ethnic pageant in the United States takes place in Wilber, Nebraska the first full weekend of August each year. Young women of Czech and Slovak descent who are legal United States citizens represent their state's Czech/Slovak communities at this event.
Miss Decibel (song) Miss Decibel, written by Lasse Holm and Gert Lengstrand, is a song in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. It was performed by the Swedish "dansband" Wizex, back then including Kikki Danielsson as lead vocal singer, together with Lasse Holm.
Miss Derringer Los Angeles outlaws Miss Derringer are a band known for the stunning vocals and beauty of singer Elizabeth McGrath and their vintage, dark, David Lynch influenced sound. Miss McGrath fronts the band along with her husband/songwriter Morgan Slade.
Miss Digital World The Miss Digital World contest is organized by Monumedia SRL, a company founded in 2000 and based in Napoli, Italy. The contest is aimed at digital artists, advertising agencies, cinema production companies and videogame programmers who have created virtual models.
Miss Dominican Republic UMIT Dominican RepublicMiss Dominican Republic Universe is a pageant where women ranging in age from 17-27 each represent one of the many Dominican provinces, cities, and communities. The four women crowned most beautiful will move on to other pageants, specifically Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.
Miss Dominican Republic Universe Miss Dominican Republic is a pageant where women ranging in age from 17-27 each represent one of the many Dominican provinces, cities, and communities. The four women crowned most beautiful will move on to other pageants, specifically Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.
Miss Dominion of Canada Miss Dominion of Canada was a beauty pageant held at the Niagara Falls Sheraton Brock Hotel on July 1 each year, Canada's Dominion Day (now known as "Canada Day"), beginning in 1960. The winner of this pageant represented Canada at the "Big Four" international beauty pageants, Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Queen of the Pacific.
Miss Dynamite Miss.Dynamite is a printed comic, webcomic and Flash animation series initially created around December 1990 by Montreal illustrator Sirkowski, which follows freelance terrorist Eva Sirkowski and her bisexual assassin associate "Blackie" Chin on their "action packed, mostly weird" adventures.
Miss Earth 2001 The very first Miss Earth pageant, organized by Carousel Productions, was held on October 28, 2001 in Quezon City, Philippines. There were 42 candidates that attended the event. Catharina Svensson was crown as the pageant's first winner, and have her nation Denmark receive its first international pageant title.
Miss Earth 2002 The Miss Earth 2002 pageant was held in Quezon City, Philippines on the 20th of October, 2002. In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants Miss International 2002 had (47), thereby becoming the world's third biggest international pageant.
Miss Earth 2006 The Miss Earth 2006 pageant, in its sixth year, took place on November 26, 2006 in The Philippines. Santiago, Chile was originally scheduled to hold the event on November 15, but the Chilean organizers did not meet requirements and lacked the support needed to pull off the pageant.
Miss Earth USA Miss Earth USA is a beauty pageant conducted by Carousel Productions to select the US representive to Miss Earth. The pageant was established in 2006, and the former winners gained the Miss Earth USA title, though they were selected to represent the United States at Miss Earth.
Miss Europe Miss Europe is an annual, regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr. Most contestants won their respective national contests for Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth and participated as supplemental training for their respective competitions.
Miss Exotic World Pageant The Miss Exotic World Pageant (officially, the Miss Exotic World Pageant and Striptease Reunion) is an annual burlesque pageant and convention, and is the annual showcase event (and fundraiser for) the Exotic World Burlesque Museum. The pageant, sometimes referred to as the "Miss America of Burlesque," attracts former burlesque queens from past decades, as well as current participants of the neo-burlesque scene.
Miss Florida The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Famous Miss Florida titleholders include actress Delta Burke, who won Miss Florida 1974.
Miss Freedom Miss Freedom, sometimes referred to as Goddess of Liberty, is the name of the statue adorning the dome of the Georgia State Capitol since 1889. Commissioned in 1884, the hollow copper statue is painted white, weighs over 1600 lbs and is over 26 feet tall.
Miss Galaxy Pageant The Miss Galaxy Pageant is an annual event held in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga that selects the "best" Fakaleiti. Although the word "Fakaleiti" is literally translated as transvestite, the fakaleiti is more of a completely feminized man who lives and works as a Fakaleiti.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) is a comedy starring Lucille Ball and William Holden, directed by Lloyd Bacon and released by Columbia Pictures. This light comedy centers around a bogus real estate company that serves as a front for a bookie operation.
Miss Hook of Holland Miss Hook of Holland is an English musical comedy (styled a "Dutch Musical Incident") in two acts, with music and lyrics by Paul Rubens with a book by Austen Hurgon and Reubens. The show was produced by Frank Curzon and opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on the January 31 1907, running for a very successful 462 performances.
Miss Charity's Diner Miss Charity's Diner is a children's television program and spinoff of the show Faithville, currently airing on TBN. The central character, Miss Charity, runs a local diner and often gives advice to the children who visit it.
Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant Miss Chinese ( Vancouver ) Pageant (Chinese: 溫哥華華裔小姐競選) or MCV for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild Television that selects Vancouver's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB.
Miss Chinese International Pageant Miss Chinese International Pageant (Chinese: before 2007: 國際華裔小姐競選, 2007 onwards: 國際中華小姐競選) or MCI (Chinese: 華姐) for short, is an annual beauty pageant sponsored and aired by Television Broadcasts Limited (commonly known as "TVB"), a leading television station in Hong Kong.
Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant Greater Toronto Chinese Pageant (Chinese: 大多市華裔小姐競選), renamed in 1999 to Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant (Chinese: 多倫多華裔小姐競選) or MCT for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild Television that selects Toronto's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB.
Miss Illinois The Miss Illinois competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss America pageant. The Miss Illinois pageant started in 1927, several years after the intial Miss America pageant.
Miss India Femina Miss India is an annual, national beauty pageant held in India and organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, a media group which also houses the Times of India and Filmfare magazine.
Miss International Miss International (officially titled The International Beauty Pageant) is the fourth largest beauty pageant in the world. It was created in Long Beach, California, USA in 1960 after the departure of the Miss Universe pageant to Miami Beach.
Miss International Queen Miss International Queen is a beauty contest for transsexuals and transgendered individuals held in the Tiffany's Show cabaret in the resort city of Pattaya, Thailand about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Bangkok.
Miss Italia Miss Italia is the name of a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film.
Miss Julie Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) is an 1888 play by August Strindberg which deals with class, love/lust and the interaction between the two. Set on midsummer night 1894 in Sweden an aristocrat, the eponym, dances at the servants' party and is drawn to a senior servant, a footman, named Jean who is particularly well-travelled, well-mannered and well-read.
Miss Julie (opera) There are three operas based on the play, Miss Julie by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The play and the operas tell a story of the intersection of social class and illicit sexual relations in late 19th century Sweden.
Miss Lebanon Miss Lebanon - Lebanon's Official National Beauty Pageant (Arabic: انتخابات ملكة جمال لبنان ) is a beauty contest in Lebanon. It takes the form of reality television, wherein contestants live together for six weeks.
Miss Lucy Long "Miss Lucy Long", also known as "Lucy Long" and other variants, is an American song that was popularized in the blackface minstrel show. A comic banjo tune, the lyrics, written in exaggerated Black Vernacular English, tell of the courtship or marriage of the male singer and the title character.
Miss Maine Teen USA The Miss Maine Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007 the pageant will be directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004.
Miss Mapleton Miss Mapleton is a fictional female from the stories of Bertie Wooster and his indefatigable valet Jeeves, written by PG Wodehouse. She is headmistress of St Monica's School for Girls in Hertfordshire and a close friend of Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha.
Miss Match Miss Match was a 2003 American television series produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the US on NBC, Australia on Network Seven and FOX8, and in the UK on LivingTV and Channel 4.
Miss Michigan Teen USA The Miss Michigan Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is produced by Proctor Productions, including Melissa Pitchford who was Miss Ohio USA 1990.
Miss Milligan Miss Milligan is a solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards. According to Peter Arnold, author of Card Games for One, this classic game's popularity in England is due to its ability to get something out of seemingly hopeless positions.
Miss Mississippi Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides more money than any other scholarship pageant in the Miss America Organization.
Miss Mississippi Teen USA The Miss Mississippi Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Premier Pageants since 2002.
Miss Missouri USA The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Miss Nellie Bly Special The Miss Nellie Bly Special was a one-time, record-breaking passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from San Francisco, California to Chicago, Illinois at the request of a young reporter, Miss Nellie Bly. Miss Bly sought to best the fictional record of author Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg as documented in the novel Around the World in Eighty Days.
Miss Northwestern-Lady of the Bracelet The Lady of the Bracelet pageant (commonly referred to as LOB) is a long-standing competition which scholarships are awarded to young female contestants from Northwestern State University. The first place winner of the pageant is awarded the title of "Lady of the Bracelet" for one year.
Miss Ohio The Miss Ohio Pageant selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss America pageant. The pageant is held annually, during the "Miss Ohio Festival" week, at the historic 1600 seat Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio.
Miss Pennsylvania The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss American crown on 5 occasions.
Miss Porter's School Miss Porter's School, sometimes referred to simply as "Farmington," is a preparatory school for girls, located in Farmington, Connecticut. It was founded by Sarah Porter in 1843, with an eye to educating the elite young women of the Eastern seaboard.
Miss Potter (film) Miss Potter is a 2006 Chris Noonan film. It is a biopic of children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, and combines stories from her own life with animated sequences featuring characters from her stories, such as Peter Rabbit.
Miss Puerto Rico Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico are the official national preliminaries to the Miss Universe and Miss World international pageants respectively. Each year both events are held to select the representatives from the island to both contests.
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty (1867) is an American Civil War novel by veteran John William DeForest. In contrast to much of the Civil War fiction that had gone before it, Miss Ravenel's Conversion portrayed war not in the chivalric, idealized manner of Sir Walter Scott, but as a bloody and inglorious hell.
Miss Robin Hood Miss Robin Hood was a 1952 British film directed by John Guillermin. It falls neatly within the genre of post-war British fantasy, and there are strong correlations with a number of films within this genre such as e.
Miss Russian Army Miss Russian Army is a beauty contest held by the Russian army in which female soldiers compete for a title of the same name. It is admittedly staged for the purposes of increasing interest in and recruitment for the army among young men.
Miss Saigon Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London on September 20, 1989, closing after 4264 performances on October 30, 1999.
Miss Singapore Universe Miss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Since 2001, the contest has been organised by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5.
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow or Smilla's Sense of Snow (original Danish title: Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne) is a 1992 book by Danish author Peter Høeg. It was translated into English by Tiina Nunnally under the first title for the U.
Miss South Carolina The Miss South Carolina competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Carolina in the Miss America pageant. The pageant was first held in Myrtle Beach and moved to Greenville starting in 1958 and remained in that city until the 90s.
Miss South Carolina Teen USA The Miss South Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by RPM Productions since its inception.
Miss Spain Miss Spain or Miss España is a Spanish beauty pageant for young women. Early contests took place in Spain until the advent of civil war in 1936, followed by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, which did not permit beauty pageants until 1961.
Miss Spider Miss Spider is the name of a loving spider in David Kirk's bestselling book series Miss Spider. She also appears in the Miss Spider's sunny Patch Friends Show and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends - Harvest Time Hop and Fly video game.
Miss Star Hellas The Miss Star Hellas Pageant, (Greek: Μις Σταρ Ελλάς), is the longest-running beauty competition pageant in Greece, in which winners go on to represent Greece at the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Europe, Miss Hellas Tourism and Miss Mediterranean pageants.
Miss Supertest III Miss Supertest III was a Canadian-designed and built hydroplane that won the 1959 Detroit Memorial Regatta and the 1959, 1960, and 1961 Harmsworth Cup races -- the only four races it ever entered. It was the only three-time Harmsworth Cup winner and the first non-U.
Miss Susie Miss Susie (also Miss Suzy, Miss Lucy, Miss Molly or Miss Mary) is the name of a schoolyard rhyme in which almost each verse leads up to a rude word or profanity, which then appears at the start of the next verse as part of an innocuous word or phrase. Sometimes various hand signs accompany the song, such as making a phone with one's hand at the "hello operator".
Miss Sweden Miss Sweden (in Swedish: Fröken Sverige), is a Swedish beauty pageant, qualifying the winner for the global contest Miss Universe and the 1st runner-up to Miss World. It has been sponsored from 1949 until 1999 by the magazine Vecko-Revyn, 2000-2004 by the television channel TV3 and since 2005 by the swimwear producer Panos Emporio.
Miss Tahiti The Miss Tahiti pageant is a long-standing beauty contest competition which awards prizes to young women contestants from Tahiti. As of 2005, the Miss Tahiti winner will represent the French Territory at the Miss France and Miss World pageants, the first runner-up will represent Tahiti at the Miss Earth pageant, and the second runner-up will compete in the Miss International pageant.
Miss Teen USA 2006 Miss Teen USA 2006 pageant, the 24th Miss Teen USA competition, was televised live from Palm Springs, California on 15 August 2006. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Montana Teen USA Katie Blair was crowned by outgoing queen Allie LaForce of Ohio.
Miss Teen USA 2007 Miss Teen USA 2007, the 25th Miss Teen USA pageant, will be held in August 2007 in a location yet to be determined. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Katie Blair of Montana will crown her successor.
Miss Texas The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1936 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975).
Miss Tourism of the Globe Miss Tourism of the Globe is an international beauty contest which promote the tourism to different cultures, many countries is participating in this peagent. It is culture and tourism kind of contest, not typical beauty contest.
Miss Trunchbull Agatha Trunchbull, also known as Miss Trunchbull, is the fictional headmistress of "Crunchem Hall Primary School" in Roald Dahl's book Matilda, said to look "more like an eccentric and rather bloodthirsty follower of the stag-hounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children." She is a harsh, cruel educator, and this, together with Matilda's unfair treatment from her parents is perhaps why the book has remained popular among children, as something that the reader may be able to relate to.
Miss Turkey Miss Turkey is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Turkey, who personify beauty with intelligence. The first beauty contest was held on September 2, 1929 with the backing of the government, and the title holder was Feriha Tevfik.
Miss Understood Miss Understood (real name: Alex Heimberg) is an American drag queen originally from Levittown, New York, who has been based in New York City since the late 1980s. She was a prominent figure in the East Village drag scene of the early 1990s which revolved around the legendary Pyramid Club and Wigstock, an annual open air drag festival.
Miss United States The Miss United States and Miss United States Teen pageants are beauty contests held in the United States for teenagers and young women between the ages of 15-20 (Teen) and 19-29 (Miss). The teen pageant has been held every year since 1992 and the Miss pageant since 2001.
Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996.
Miss Universe 1984 Miss Universe 1984, the 33rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Miami Convention Center in Miami, Florida, USA on July 9, 1984. Yvonne Ryding of Sweden was crowned Miss Universe 1984, the third titleholder from that country.
Miss Universe 1994 Miss Universe 1994 was held at Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines on May 20, 1994. Sushmita Sen of India was crowned Miss Universe 1994 by outgoing queen Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico.
Miss Universe 1997 The Miss Universe 1997 pageant was held in Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, culminating in the final competition on May 16, 1997. This was the second consecutive year that the pageant had been held in the United States.
Miss Universe 1999 Miss Universe 1999 was held at Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago.
Miss Universe 2003 The Miss Universe 2003 Pageant was held in Figali Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. Miss Dominican Republic, Amelia Vega was crowned Miss Universe 2003 by Miss Universe 2002, Justine Pasek of Panama.
Miss Universe 2007 Miss Universe 2007 will be held in Mexico City, Mexico in May. The 2007 edition is expected to be the largest ever, with about 95 delegates competing for the title, currently held by Puerto Rico's Zuleyka Rivera.
Miss Universe Canada Miss Universe Canada is not related to the previous Miss Canada. The Miss Universe Canada contest was created in 2003, with the first winner of this new Canadian competition being Leanne Marie Cecile who made the top 15 in Miss Universe 2002.
Miss Universe Organization The Miss Universe Organization is the organization that currently owns and runs the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA beauty contests. Based in New York, it is owned jointly by NBC Universal and Donald Trump.
Miss USA The Miss USA pageant (not to be confused with Miss America) is a beauty contest that has been held every year since 1952, with winners competing in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA.
Miss USA 2004 The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri.
Miss USA 2006 Miss USA 2006, the 55th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland. Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title, culminating in a final competition and coronation ball held on April 21, 2006 in the 1st Mariner Arena.
Miss Utah Teen USA The Miss Utah Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 2006, the pageant will be produced by Red Curtain Productions, which includes a number of former Miss Utah Teen USAs and Miss Utah USAs.
Miss Venezuela The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. The combination of the intense competition to enter the pageant, the comprehensive training required of all contestants and winners, and its unparalleled record at winning international contests has made Miss Venezuela the world's most successful national beauty title.
Miss Vicki Victoria May "Miss Vicki" Budinger (b. 1952), briefly famous as Tiny Tim's wife, was seventeen years old when she married the singer, who was more than twice her age, on The Tonight Show on December 17, 1969.
Miss Violetta Beauregarde Miss Violetta Beauregarde is the solo electronic-punk project by the Italian performer Cristina Gauri. She has performed several concerts in Italy and Europe, and has released a CD, Evidentemente non abito a San Francisco (Clearly I don't live in San Francisco), that gained notable interest from the Italian music press.

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