12 Facts About Beauty contest

Beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants.

Beauty contest pageants are generally multi-tiered, with local competitions feeding into the larger competitions.

Beauty contest pageant was held during the Eglinton Tournament of 1839, organized by Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, as part of a re-enactment of a medieval joust that was held in Scotland.

The event quickly became known outside of Texas and, beginning in 1926, the world's first international Beauty contest was added, known as the International Pageant of Pulchritude.

The Miss World Beauty contest started in 1951, Miss Universe started in 1952 as did Miss USA.

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The Miss Black America Beauty contest started in 1968 in response to the exclusion of African American women from the Miss America pageant.

Beauty contest's was condemned by the Afghan Supreme Court, saying such a display of the female body goes against Islamic law and Afghan culture.

In 2013, the swimsuit round of the Miss World Beauty contest was dropped because of Islamist protests in Bali, where the Beauty contest took place.

In 2014, the Miss World Beauty contest eliminated the swimsuit competition from its pageant.

Beauty contest's was the first to be dethroned in the history of Miss Universe.

Beauty contest's was replaced by first runner-up Justine Pasek of Panama.

Beauty contest's was ordered by the International Culture Association to skip the succession ceremony and "play sick and shut up" out of fear of scandal.