All news on the topic: Beauty Queens

Catherine-Leigh Cleaves, 26, was branded an 'Oompa Loompa' and asked 'whether she shopped at Mothercare' by cruel classmates during her childhood years. Now she's competing for Miss England

Ukrainian-born Karoline Shiino was crowned Miss Japan but has renounced her title after controversy over her heritage as well as reports of a relationship with a married man

Natasha Beresford, 26, won the world's first beauty competition which stipulated that contestants must not wear make-up, in September last year, and was crowned Miss London

Glamorous Ariana Viera was due to represent Venezuela at the Miss Latin America of the World 2023 competition in the Dominican Republic and had been preparing for a beauty contest in New York City when she was killed in a horror smash in Orlando, Florida

Competition organisers say Darcey Corria, a 21-year-old, who is a black rights advocate, is being treated in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff with her family supporting her