Critical Beauty

     BRINIQUE GIBSON, a 22-year old beauty representing New Providence, was crowned Miss World Bahamas 2018 in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis Paradise Island on Sunday, May 27. She was crowned by her predecessor Geena Thompson. Gibson will now represent the Bahamas in Miss World 2018 pageant to be held in Sanya, China on December 8. Gibson's court includes 1st Princess Serena Greene from Grand Bahama and 2nd Princess Shelly Elisee from the University of the Bahamas who advanced to the top 6 via online voting. Rounding up the top 6 were Angel Cartwright of Long Island, Angel Culmer of Andros, and Chinasa Outten of Balmoral Island. CREDIT: MISS BAHAMAS ORGANIZATION      Ten young women competed in this year's national pageant. The remaining contestants were Alexis Denoye of Abaco, Alexis Sawyer of Crystal Cay, Desire Edwards of Ragged Island, and Caitlyn Walker of San Salvador.        The show was hosted by Jerome Sawyer, Vice-President of Media Rel

Tamaryn Green is Miss Universe South Africa 2018 Two new South Africans queen were crowned during the 60th edition of Miss South Africa pageant on May 27, 2018 at the Sun Arena. Tamaryn Green was crowned as  Miss Universe Africa 2018 and she will represent her country at Miss Universe 2018 whose date and venue have not been announced. Thulisa Keyi was declared as the winner of Miss World South Africa 2018 title and will now represent South Africa at Miss World 2018 later this year in China. Completing the top five were Karishma Ramdev, Noxolo Ndebele and Thandokazi Mfundisi. Thulisa Keyi is Miss World South Africa 2018 Source: Miss South Afica Facebook Page

Mayra Dias , representing the state of Amazonas, was crowned Miss Brasil Be Emotion 2018 in Rio de Janeiro last Saturday, May 26. The journalist defeated 26 other young women from all over Brazil for the coveted crown.  The other top three finalists included  Teresa Santos from Ceará, and Maria Isabel from Bahia.  Dias will now represent Brazil in the next edition of Miss Universe who date and venue have yet to be confirmed.  Source: Purepeople.com, 5/27/2018

Miss Nebraska, Sarah Rose Summers , has been named Miss USA. Cheers rang out, confetti flew and celebratory music blared as Summers — a 23-year-old from Omaha — accepted the sash, the dazzling crown and a bouquet of flowers on Monday evening. She takes over from Kára McCullough of the District of Columbia and now goes on to represent the United States in the Miss Universe competition.  For the next year, she'll be a spokeswoman for the Miss Universe Organization. Her responsibilities will include performing charitable acts, attending galas and fundraisers, and making special appearances, among many other duties. By nabbing the Miss USA crown, Miss Nebraska joins Miss Kansas — the winner Friday of the 2018 Miss Teen USA crown, also in Shreveport — for a heartland sweep of the events held this year in Shreveport and Bossier City. The selection committee included a host of female entrepreneurs, business leaders and industry experts and former Miss USA contestants.

Congratulations, Miss Teen Kansas — the 2018 Miss Teen USA winner. Thunderous cheers erupted as Hailey Colborn  was announced Friday in Shreveport as the new Miss Teen USA. Colborn is a 17-year-old student from Wichita, Kansas.   She was one of 51 participating contestants, representing the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The young women went through rounds of preliminary interviews, then on-stage presentations in athletic wear and evening gowns on Wednesday at Horseshoe Casino's Riverdome. Friday's final event was held at George's Pond at Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport. The 15 semifinalists announced at the finals were: Janeice Love (California), Caleigh Shade (Maryland), Sydni-Dion Bennett (Illinois), Britney Barnhart (Nevada), Savannah Miles (Georgia), Chloe Zambrano (Colorado), Anane Loveday (Michigan), Sofie Rovenstine (Tennessee), Kaaviya Sambasivam (North Carolina), Madilen Kellogg (Utah), Kirby Elizabeth Self (South Carolina), L

Miss USA 2017 Kara McCullough (pictured) will crown her successor at the 2018 Miss USA pageant  at George’s Pond at Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Well, well, what do you know? The 2018 Miss USA winner will now be chosen by a "selection committee" - which is a politically correct term for "judges." For some reason, the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has found the word "judge" rather unpleasant and trivial. Not only that, but the "selection committee" will comprise of an all-female jury. That's right. Miss USA has gone sexist! Not one male judge on the panel, not even a gay one. Hmmm.  Here's the report from The Shreveport Times: The selection committee has been announced for the 2018 Miss USA competition that will be held in Shreveport on May 21. For the first time, Miss USA will be chosen by a selection committee comprised of female entrepreneurs, business leaders, and industry experts—including former Miss

Seung Hwan Lee of Korea won the 12th edition of Mister International held in Yangon, Myanmar on April 30th. He succeeds Paul Iskandar of Lebanon who could not attend the finals due to "unforeseen circumstances." Lee is the first man from his country to win the title. The 2017 pageant was supposed to be held last November but was postponed until April 2018. Technically, Lee is the winner for 2017. Completing Lee's court are first runner-up Manuel Molano  of Colombia and second runner-up Dwayne Geldenhuis of South Africa. The remaining top five included  Minh Trung of Vietnam and Alessandro Costantini of Switzerland.  Completing the top 10 were the contestants from Japan, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Philippines and Puerto Rico. Rounding up the top 16 were the contestants from Poland, Indonesia, Spain, Lebanon, Netherlands and Mexico.