A federal court last week determined that a beauty pageant association could exclude a transgender “female” (i.e., a male) from participating in one of its contests. The decision Wednesday by the U.S.

In late 2022, The Miss Universe pageant, formerly owned by Donald Trump, was bought by Thai trans celebrity and businesswoman Jakapong Jakrajutatip. At the culmination of the most recent pageant – ...

Alexis Smith, who was crowned Miss Kansas 2024 in June, opened up about her experience with domestic violence in her final interview question during the pageant. More than one month after Smith won ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Myanmar model who took refuge in Thailand after speaking out against a military coup in her homeland has been blocked from returning to Bangkok, Thai authorities said on Thursday ...

The new owner of Miss Universe gave a speech extolling the organization as run by women, for women, and composed of women, as a "trans woman." Twitter users had some questions. "Welcome to the Miss ...

Kaia Calbeck wanted to end her reign Monday night as Miss Citrus County with a dance and speech imploring society to treat all its members equally. But when pageant officials decided at the last ...

Sarah Parshall Perry is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. File this one under “outcomes we could have predicted.” A federal ...