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...annual event in Japan's new beauty queen factory. For the last 10 years, Ines Ligron has been ordering young Japanese women to strip, walk tall, free their inner woman and wear lots and lots of makeup in an effort to seriously compete in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. And compete they have. The contest, long monopolized by Latin America's goddess industry, has now seen three of Ligron's frightened girls make it into the top five, including a first runner-up last year and, most spectacularly, 21-year-old dance student Riyo Mori, who two weeks...
...country that favors smallness over voluptuousness, reserve over unrestrained confidence, a demure smile over a sparkling grin. A former promoter at the IMG modeling agency, Ligron was handpicked by Donald Trump (who co-owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC) to ramp up Japan's waning interest in the pageant. "When I came in 1997, Miss Japan was run by a broadcaster, and had turned into a show by men, for men," says Ligron. With the backing of the Trump Foundation, Ligron hired an all-female staff to refashion the tacky swimsuit contest into a lucrative entertainment business - which aimed...
Bottoming out: Miss USA Rachel Smith, who fell during the Miss Universe pageant. This is "kind of a big deal when the only judging criteria are how you look in a bikini and your ability to walk," says blogsite THE SUPERFICIAL. Later in the show, the Mexico City crowd booed Smith out of distaste for non-beauty-related U.S. policy. She lost to Japan's Riyo Mori. SCORE...
...Rastafarians smoke.' ZAHRA REDWOOD, the first Rastafarian Miss Jamaica and contestant in the Miss Universe pageant, scheduled for May 28, saying she wanted to undo the common stereotypes surrounding her faith, in which smoking marijuana is considered a sacred rite...
Although the Marines have always been Sinnott’s "first love," she said that she is excited about her reign as "Miss Boston." Her first appearance will take place today at Red Sox Opening Day. Sinnott plans to compete in the "Miss Massachusetts" pageant this June...