A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals. The term "beauty pageant" originally refers to the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Pageant titles are divided into Miss, Mrs., Mister, and Teen, as well as international, regional, and national—to clearly identify the differences among these categories. Similar events for male pageants are usually called by other names, some are likely to be bodybuilding competitions.

Women's pageants

International Competition

Major

The following are list of the world's Big Four international beauty pageants (the original Big Four) considered the most important in the world

• Miss World (1951–present)
• Miss Universe (1952–present)
• Miss International (1960–present)
• Miss Earth (2001–present)

Minor

The following are minor beauty pageants:

• Miss Intercontinental (1971–present)
• Miss Globe (1974–present)
• World Miss University (1986–present)
• Miss Model of the World (1988–present)
• Top Model of the World (1993–present)
• Miss Tourism International (1994–present)
• The Miss Globe (2004–present)
• Miss Aura International (2006–present)
• Miss United Continents (2006–present)
• Miss Tourism Metropolitan International (2007–present)
• Miss Supranational (2009–present)
• Miss Supertalent (2011–present)
• Miss Scuba International (2011-present)
• Face of Beauty International (2012–present)
• Miss Grand International (2013–present)
• Miss Global (2013–present)
• Miss Heritage Global (2013–2016, 2019–present)
• Miss Global International (2014, 2019, 2023-present)
• Miss Eco International (2015–present)
• Miss Planet International (2016, 2019–present)
• Miss Cosmo World (2017–present)
• Miss Multinational (2017–present)
• Miss Progress International (2017–present)
• Miss Polo International (2018–present)
• Miss Glam World (2018–present)
• Miss Glamour Look International (2019–present)
• Miss Supermodel Worldwide (2019–present)
• Queen of International Tourism (2019–present)
• World Tourism Queen (2020–present)
• World's Unforgettable Beauty (2020–present)
• Miss Ambar World (2021–present)
• Miss Elite (2021–present)
• Miss Glamour International (2021–present)
• Miss Environment International (2022–present)
• Miss Fabulous International (2022–present)
• Miss Face of Humanity (2022–present)
• Miss Petite Global (2022–present)
• Supermodel International (2022–present)
• Miss Supraglobal (2022–present)
• Miss Business Global (2023–present)
• Miss Mutya International (2023–present)
• Universal Woman (2023–present)
• Miss Omninational (2023–present)
• Miss Charm (2023–present)
• Miss Cosmo (2024–present)
• Miss Multiverse

Continental, regional, sub-regional, and cultural

The following are continental and regional pageants:

• Miss Europe (1927; 1929–1939; 1948–2006; 2016–present)
• Reinado Internacional del Café (1957–present)
• Miss Scandinavia (1961–1974, 1976–1981, 1986–2005, 2007–2008, 2021–present)
• Miss Asia Pacific International (1965, 1968–2005, 2016–2019, 2024–present)
• Miss América Latina (1981–present)
• Miss Asian America (1985–present)
• Miss Asia Pageant (1985–present)
• Reina Mundial del Banano (1985–present)
• Miss Pacific Islands (1987–present)
• Miss Chinese International Pageant (1988–present)
• Miss India Worldwide (1990–present)
• Reina Hispanoamericana (1991–present)
• Miss Chinese World (2005, 2011, 2017, 2021, 2023–present)
• Miss Arab World (2006–present)
• Miss University Africa (2010–2012, 2017–2018; 2021–present)
• World Muslimah (2011–present)
• Miss Filipina International (2013–present)
• Miss South East Asia Tourism Ambassadress (2015–present)
• Reina Internacional de la Paz Petite (2020–present)
• Reina Mundial de los Carnavales (2020–present)
• Reina Internacional del Cacao (2020–present)
• Reina Internacional del Chocolate (2019-present)
• Miss Africa (1987-present)

Teen

List of teen beauty pageants:

• Miss Teen International (Americas) (1966–present)
• Miss Teen International (India) (2018–present)
• Miss Teen Intercontinental (1973–present)
• Miss Teen USA (1983–present)
• Miss Teenager World (1990–present)
• Miss Teen World (2001–present)
• Miss Teen Earth (2012–present)
• Teen Universe International (2012–present)
• Miss Teen Supranational (2018–present)
• Miss Eco Teen (2018–present)

Marital

List of international marital beauty pageants:

• Mrs. World (1984–present)
• Mrs. International (1988–present)
• Mrs. Globe (1996–present)
• Mrs. Universe (2007–present)

Senior

List of senior women (aged 40+) beauty pageants:

• Senior Pageants Group
• Señora Clásica Mesoamérica Universe (2021–present)
• Señora Mesoamérica Universe (2021–present)

Reality series

• Nuestra Belleza Latina (2007–2016, 2018, 2021)

Discontinued

• International Pageant of Pulchritude (1926–1935)
• Miss Subways (1941–1976, 2004, 2017–2019)
• International Teen Princess (1966–1974)
• Miss Maja International (1966–1989)
• Miss Wonderland (1988–1990)
• Queen of the World (1988–2011)
• Miss Globe International (1988–2021)
• Miss All Nations (1989–1990, 2010–2019)
• Miss Global Beauty Queen (1998–2009, 2011, 2015–2017)
• ECOWAS Peace Pageant (2008–2012)
• Ms. International (2010–2018)
• Miss Asia Pacific World (2011–2014)
• Miss Crystal Angel International (2018)

National

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

Former states

Men's pageants

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of beauty pageants" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

International Competition

Major

List of the world's seven major male beauty pageants (the Big Seven);

• Manhunt International (1993–2012, 2016–present)
• Mister World (1996–present)
• Mister International (2006–present)
• Mister Global (2014–present)
• Mister Supranational (2016–present)
• Mister Grand International (2017-present)
• Man of the World (2017–present)

Minor

The following are list of minor male beauty pageant.

• Men Universe Model (2008–present)
• Mister Young International (2000–present)
• Mister Model International (2013–present)
• Mister Globe (2015–present)
• Mister United Continents (2015–present)
• Mister Universal Ambassador (2015–present)
• Mister Universe International (2015–present)
• Man of the Year (2016–present)
• Mister Planet (2016–present)
• Mister Tourism World (2016–present)
• Mister National Universe (2017–present)
• Mister Tourism and Culture Universe (2018–present)
• Caballero Universal (2021–present)
• Mister Cosmopolitan (2023–present)

Modeling

• Best Male Model of the World (1995–present)
• Elite Model Look Men (2014–present)
• Altitude World Supermodel (2018–present)

Continental and regional

• Mr. Asia (2005–present)
• Mr. Mesoamérica Universe (2012–present)

Teen

List of teen beauty pageants:

• Mister Teen World (2003–present)
• Mister Teen Earth (2014–present)
• Mister Global Teen (2015–present)

Discontinued

• Mr. Europe (1993–1998)
• Mr. Joven Internacional (1993–1999)
• Mr. Scandinavia (1997–2003)
• Hombre Internacional (1998–2002)
• Male International Model (1998–2005)
• Mister Handsome International (1998–2019)
• Mister Intercontinental (1998–2002)
• Mr. International (1998–2003)
• Mister Continents (1999–2003)
• Mr. Tourism International (2001–2002, 2010–2015)
• Mister Latino International (2002–2004)
• Mister Model Millenium (2003)
• Mister Teen Continents (2002–2003)
• Mister Tourism Universe (2002–2005)
• International Best Male Model of the World (2003)
• Mister Earth (2003)
• Mr. Tourism World (2003)
• Axe Men World Male Model (2004)
• Mr. Globe (2004)
• Mister Teen Model World (2004)
• Zeus of the World (2004)
• Mister Continentes del Mundo (2005–2016)
• Mister Expo World (2005–2020)
• Mister Mundial (2005–2014)
• Mister Pacific of the World (2006–2018)
• World Most Beautiful Bum (2007–2008)
• Mister Sea World (2008–2019)
• Fresh Faces (2010–2013)
• Mister Teen Jade Universe (2010–2018)
• Mister Jade Universe (2010–2018)
• Mister Pacífico y el Caribe (2012–2015)
• Mister Universo Mundial (2012–2019)
• Mister Universo Mundial (2012–2019)
• Mister América Internacional (2013–2019)
• Mister Mesoamérica International (2013–2019)
• Mister Teen Mesoamérica Universe (2013–2017)
• Mr. Joven Mesoamérica International (2014–2019)
• Mister Real Universe (2014–2019)
• Mister Teen América International (2014–2019)
• Mister Model Universe (2015–2019)
• Mister Trifinio Mundo Internacional (2017–2019)

National

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

South America

LGBTQ+ pageants & Deaf Pageants

International

Major

• Best Model of the World (1990–present)
• Miss & Mister Deaf World (2001–present)
• Miss International Queen (2004–present)
• Mister Gay World (2009–present)
• Miss & Mister Deaf International (2010–present)
• Miss Trans Star International (2010–present)
• Miss T World (2017–present)
• Miss Trans Global (2020–present)

Minor

• Miss Teen World International (2021–present)

Continental and regional

• Mister Gay Europe (2005–present)
• Miss Wheelchair Latinoamericana (2021–present)

Discontinued

• Mr. Gay International (2005–2012)
• Super Sireyna Worldwide (2014–2018)

National

Africa

•  South Africa
  • Mr Gay South Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

•  United States
  • All American Goddess
  • Best in Drag Show
  • La Femme Magnifique International Pageant
  • Miss Continental
  • Miss'd America
  • Miss Gay America
  • Miss Gay USofA
  • National Entertainer of the Year
  • International Ms. Leather
  • International Mr. Leather

Oceania

South America

•  Chile
  • Mister Gay Chile

See also

• Lists of awards