Iêda Maria Vargas, the Brazilian trailblazer who made history as the country’s first winner of Miss Universe, has died at the age of 80. According to People, her death occurred on Monday, December 22, ...

Vargas was crowned on the international stage in 1963, when she became the first Miss Universe titleholder from Brazil Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...

Who would have thought that, a decade after serial woman-hater Donald Trump relieved himself of ownership of the Miss Universe pageant, the organization would somehow find itself more marked by ...

Melissa Sapini, 22, represented Haiti at the international competition in Bangkok on Nov. 21 Mohan Raj/Getty; Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Following multiple controversies related to this ...

Miss Universe 2025 Fátima Bosch is defending her life-changing win. The 27-year-old Miss Mexico addressed the drama that’s unfolded since her Nov. 21 coronation, including claims that the competition ...

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 ...

Miss Universe 2025 finalist Olivia Yacé is sticking to her principles. That's why, days after the pageant's fourth runner-up was declared Miss Universe Africa and Oceania on Nov. 21, she renounced the ...

Miss Universe 2025 winner Fatima Bosch officially stepped into her new role after being crowned when the pageant took place in Thailand. Representing Mexico, she captured the attention of millions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Miss Universe competition was launched in 1952 to celebrate and empower women. The US has the highest number of competition ...

A new Miss Universe has been crowned, but not without serious controversy. Mexico's Fátima Bosch won the iconic beauty pageant Friday, just two weeks after being publicly berated by an event organizer ...