Critical Beauty

  Catalina Marsano of Peru, 28, has been crowned Miss International Queen 2024 in Thailand moments ago. She is the first transwoman from her country to win the most coveted pageant for transgender women. The first runner-up is Saruda Panyakham and the second runner-up is Nguyen Tuong San of Vietnam. Completing the top 6 were Katalina Enriquez of USA, Sophia Nichole Arkanghel of the Philippines and Juliana Rivera Gutierrez of Colombia. The production was amazing, from the opening number all the way to the coronation of the winner. Congratulations to Peru and to the  @missinternationalqueen  organization for a fabulous show! PHOTO CREDIT: MISS INTERNATIONAL QUEEN FACEBOOK

  This group chat was conducted via Zoom on Friday, August 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM EST. My guests include Gaspar Cruz, Noemi Melendez, and Luis Lopez. We discuss updates on 2024 pageants that will still take place and reveal our favorites for each pageant.

  In this vlog, I react and comment on Dani Walker’s vlog, “Can Miss USA Survive Laylah Rose?”

  Miss USA erased Noelia Voigt and UmaSofia Srivastava, the pageant queens who resigned, from its Instagram pages There are over 4,000 posts on the Miss USA Instagram page. But once a new queen was named on August 4, nearly all evidence of the two women who recently resigned their crowns vanished. One of those women is Noelia Voigt, who relinquished her Miss USA 2023 crown in May. She held the position for seven months, but the only post from her reign acknowledges her resignation. The same is true on the Miss Teen USA page, where any glimpse of UmaSofia Srivastava, who resigned her title two days after Voigt, has also disappeared. It's just the latest development in the drama surrounding Miss USA and its CEO, Laylah Rose. Now, it's causing many to wonder if the pageant hopes to sweep all its scandals under the rug as its leadership stays silent. There are over 4,000 posts on the Miss USA Instagram page. But once a new queen was named on August 4, nearly all evidence of the two

  In this vlog, I give my review of Miss USA 2024 telecast that was shown live on the CW channel on August 4, 2024 from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

In this video, I feature the awards ceremony at Miss USA 2024 that took place in the Gold Room of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles three hours after the live telecast on August 4, 2024.  

  In this vlog, I share post-show scenes from Miss USA 2024 finals held on August 4, 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

In this vlog, I share behind the scenes of Miss USA 2024 finals show that was held on August 4th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.  

In this vlog, I share a footage of the Miss Teen USA 2024 contestants exiting the Peacock Theater after the show that was held on August 1st.  

In this vlog, I share behind the scenes from the Miss Teen USA 2024 finals that took place at the Peacock Theater in Hollywood, California on August 1, 2024.  

  In this vlog, I share backstage footage of Miss USA 2024 preliminary competition that took place on August 3 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

  In this vlog I share my Miss USA 2024 experience, part one! Filmed on July 31, 2024.

  PHOTO CREDIT: MISS USA FACEBOOK PAGE A new Miss USA has been crowned. Michigan’s Alma Cooper took the crown on Sunday, August 4, during the pageant’s 73rd annual ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The 22-year-old of Afro Latina descent, who has a Master’s in data science from Stanford University, beat 50 other contestants in a pageant that included swimwear and evening gown competitions. Connor Perry of Kentucky was first runner-up, Danika Christopherson of Oklahoma was second runner-up, Christell Foote of Tennessee was third runner-up, and Macy Hudson of Ohio was fourth runner-up. Cooper is the fourth woman from Michigan to win the title, after Carole Gist in 1990, Kenya Summer Moore in 1993 and Rima Fakih in 2010. Gist was one of the judges in the competition. Cooper will now represent the USA in the next edition of Miss Universe to be held in Mexico in November. Congratulations to the new queen! PHOTO CREDIT TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER