Recently, I saw this terrible article about a mom who is supposedly injecting her 8-year-old with Botox and giving her "virgin" waxes. Internet denizens are up in arms about it, understandably, and the story is showing up all over the place. Before we all call the Child Welfare Office, though, there are several things about this story that don't seem quite right. I did a little research, so to Read more

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Following in Sarah Palin's footsteps, one of her former beauty pageant competitors is now running for office. Maryline Blackburn, who beat the former VP candidate turned media personality for the Miss Alaska crown back in 1984, is announcing today that she will be running for a seat in the Georgia state legislature. No stranger to the spotlight, this two-time Grammy-nominated singer was Alaska's Read more

For its annual swimsuit edition, Sports Illustrated might pretend that posing in a bathing suit counts as an athletic activity, but that won't suffice for Miss England's new sports challenge. The pageant has decided to ax the swimsuit competition and add sports. After Katrina Hodge — a soldier in the British army — won the title of Miss England last year, the pageant decided to ditch the Read more

Good genes and two hours at the gym every day helped Bolivia's 20-year-old Bruno Kettels win an international contest to find the world's most handsome man. The grueling two-week long male beauty pageant took place in Taiwan and came down to a battle between Mr. Spain, Mr. Lebanon, and the eventually victorious Mr. Bolivia. The pageant included Read more

Perky contestants vied for the crown of Miss Plastic Hungary this week. Only women who have gone under the knife were invited to participate in the artificial-beauty pageant held in Budapest. Botox wouldn't qualify you, but one contestant's surgically adjusted toes did get her included. Reka Urban, 22, won the (plastic?) crown, and she received an apartment in Budapest as her prize. Check out Read more

Before she infamously said anything about gay (or opposite) marriage, beauty queen Carrie Prejean claims that Miss California pageant officials told her to stop mentioning God. In a move that is keeping her name in the headlines, the dethroned Miss California is now suing pageant officials for religious discrimination. Carrie claims she was fired as Miss California because she voiced her Read more