Iêda Maria Vargas, the Brazilian trailblazer who made history as the country's first winner of Miss Universe, has died at the ...

Former Miss Universe Ieda Maria Vargas, the first Brazilian to win the crown in 1963, has died at 80, leaving behind a global legacy.

The first Brazilian contestant to win the Miss Universe competition has died at 80. Iêda Maria Vargas was crowned at the ...

This year's Miss Universe pageant made global headlines on Nov. 4 after Itsaragrisil called out Bosch during a pre-pageant event Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Melissa Sapini, 22, represented Haiti at the international competition in Bangkok on Nov. 21 Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and viral, trending ...

Just two weeks after the former Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe at the Nov. 21 ceremony, she slammed speculation that her win—which came soon after executive Nawat Itsaragrisil called her “dumb” ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A UH Manoa graduate student is heading to the Philippines early next year for six months to represent Hawaii in the Miss Universe Philippines 2026 competition. Waipahu High ...

The messy Miss Universe news cycle did not end when the 2025 pageant crowned a winner on Nov. 21, as just days later, fourth runner-up Olivia Yacé publicly cut ties with the organization and resigned ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the scandal-ridden Miss Universe pageant, this is proving a big part of the problem. Opaque and subjective voting criteria have made it difficult to ...

A week after the Miss Universe Organization crowned its 2025 winner following weeks of controversies, a court in Thailand has reportedly issued an arrest warrant for the org's co-owner in connection ...

The designer behind Miss Norway’s wild outfit wasn’t surprised by the attention. “The original plan was to make noise.” By Jessica Roy As Miss Norway, Leonora Lysglimt-Rødland did not place at the ...