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December 7, 2015 — John Hinderaker
It is time to start previewing the 2015 Miss Universe pageant. The contestants have gathered in Las Vegas and the competition is under way. The finale will be on Sunday, December 20, and will be broadcast on Fox. This year’s competition could have had an interesting tie-in with the 2016 presidential campaign, as Donald Trump has co-owned the pageant with NBC for some years. However, in the initial burst of
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June 10, 2011 — John Hinderaker
Historically, we (I, actually) have covered two beauty pageants each year–Miss World and Miss Universe. They are the two biggest pageants in the world, and their international flavor makes them especially interesting. It has been a while, however, since we have followed the world of pageantry. The Miss Universe pageant was in August, and we covered it here and elsewhere. Miss World, however, was in the fall, when I was
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January 28, 2007 — John Hinderaker
Long-time readers know that I try to keep abreast of developments in the world of beauty pageants. I’ve generally focused on Miss World and Miss Universe, but I thought this year I should check out the new format for the Miss America contest, the finals of which are tomorrow night. So I went to Yahoo News Photos to see how the pageant has been going. This is what I found
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November 1, 2023 — John Hinderaker
Noa Cochva won the Miss Israel/Universe pageant in 2021, the last year, sadly, of that pageant’s life. I am not sure whether she is currently serving in the IDF, but in the video below she wears a uniform and carries a rifle. (Steve, take note for an upcoming TWIP.) In simple form, she lays out the facts about Hamas, its tyranny over Gaza, and the horrific nature of its October
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August 9, 2016 — John Hinderaker
The 2017 Miss Universe pageant is scheduled to take place in January, somewhere in the Philippines. The Philippines have long been home to an Islamic insurgency, and ISIS reportedly is calling on its followers to bomb the pageant: Terrorists from the Islamic State group have allegedly called for attacks at the upcoming Miss Universe competition set for January 2017 in the Philippines. A string of threats recently posted to the
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January 17, 2015 — John Hinderaker
We have written here and here about the Miss Universe pageant, the finale of which takes place a week from tomorrow. Earlier today Miss Israel joined Miss France in expressing support for free speech and opposition to Islamic terrorism: Miss Israel, Doron Matalon, posted the picture on her Instagram feed with these words: I am against every murder. The murder in France and the murder of Jews in the grocery
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October 24, 2011 — John Hinderaker
This web site’s pageant coverage has focused on the two great international competitions: Miss Universe and Miss World. Donald Trump, for better or worse, owns Miss Universe, while Miss World has remained in the same British hands for decades. Both pageants have their strong points; Miss World not only has a talent competition–long ago abandoned by Miss Universe–but has a system of preliminary contests where the winners of the talent,
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August 20, 2010 — John Hinderaker
My coverage of beauty pageants is somewhat tongue in cheek, but it also reflects genuine respect for the young women who participate in them, especially the international ones like Miss Universe and Miss World. For smart, ambitious young women, pageantry can be a ticket to fame and fortune. And pageant contestants often display better judgment than political leaders. For example, last year we noted that Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, wrote
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April 22, 2007 — John Hinderaker
Readers sometimes think my appreciation of beauty pageants is not entirely serious. But this story suggests that pageantry can indeed build character: Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle’s tires and stop an intruder. Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man on her farm in south-central Kentucky last week after she saw her
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July 9, 2006 — John Hinderaker
Readers who have discovered us only recently may not be aware that, from time to time, we have covered beauty pageants. The best ones, in my opinion, are Miss World and Miss Universe. Examples of our Miss World coverage are here and here. Sample Miss Universe coverage is here, and this is where I live-blogged the finale in 2004, which turned out to be an inspired idea. The time has
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April 12, 2005 — John Hinderaker
We have shamefully neglected the beauty pageant scene since our triumphant live-blogging of last year’s Miss Universe contest. We’ve been distracted long enough by serious events like elections, etc.; it’s time to take note of last night’s finale of the Miss USA competition. I actually didn’t know it was going on until I walked into the library and found my daughters cheering on Miss North Carolina. This isn’t surprising; as
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September 24, 2004 — John Hinderaker
A number of readers expressed disappointment with the recently-completed Miss America pageant. As Miss America has increasingly defined itself as a scholarship contest, it has come more and more to resemble a librarians’ convention. So, as an alternative, consider the Miss Argentina competition. Political correctness has not yet penetrated Latin America, and they tend to have old-fashioned beauty contests. Here is Monica Spear, who was crowned tonight as this year’s
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April 12, 2004 — Paul Mirengoff
As much as Rocket Man loves beauty pageants, I’m not sure what he would make of this report from the Jerusalem Post about the “Miss Barrier Line” pageant, that features 26 Israeli and Palestinian contestants. Since none of the contestants is Muslim (that religion doesn’t share Rocket Man’s enthusiasm for such events), what I make of it is that Israeli Jews and Palestinian Christians can get along.
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September 20, 2003 — John Hinderaker
We try to be a full service news site, so we feel obliged to cover events like the Miss America pageant. Say what you will, it is still one of the most-watched television programs of the year, mostly by women and girls. Miss Florida won this year, and I am sure she has wonderful intellectual attainments, but those are hard to portray visually. So here are a few photos of
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November 1, 2022 — Steven Hayward
• It’s still early in the morning out here on the Left Coast, but I declare David Deeble to be the Winner of the Day on Twitter: If you’re a fan, don’t be a free-rider: hit up David’s tip jar at BuyMeACoffee. • It turns out that even The Simpsons understands the joke of “renewable” energy (2 min long): • This is either some kind of Twilight Zone LARPing, or
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October 16, 2022 — Steven Hayward
• This will be a stale visual by next Saturday’s TWiP, so here it is now: • More seriously on the sports front, the current expanded major league baseball playoff format is providing a grand example of why the Burkean disposition against innovation (sorry Lucretia!) is sensible. The teams that got first-round byes because of their winning records (such as the Dodgers with 111 wins) have fallen ignominiously in the
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May 29, 2022 — Steven Hayward
In the spirit of ESPN’s documentary series “30 for 30,” which it launched on its 30th anniversary, herewith some “20 for 20” documentary observations on the day-to-day life of Power Line on its 20th anniversary. (Though I am also tempted to say that “20 for 20” is a fair estimate of our batting average on the issues. Though I am sure someone can find a mistake somewhere in the archives.)
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