List of beauty pageants


This is a list of beauty pageants from around the world. A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The term beauty pageant refers originally to contests for women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants. The pageant industry commonly uses three specific courtesy titles – Miss, Ms and Mrs – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Similar events for men or boys are usually called by other names and are more likely to be bodybuilding contests.

Women's pageants

International pageants

Major international pageants

The following is the list of the world's four major beauty contests in alphabetical order :
List of minor international pageants in alphabetical order:
The following are continental and regional pageants in alphabetical order:

Africa

International pageants

Asia

Africa