History Main / BeautyContest

* According to her trophy description in SuperSmashBrosBrawl, Jody Summer from {{F-Zero}} was "chosen as Miss Galactic Space Federation" after F-Zero X.

* MissAmerica, MissWorld, MissUSA, Miss Universe.

* The female team members of ''{{Persona}} 4'' are entered into one of these by Yosuke. [[spoiler:Teddie]] manages to get there to be a swimsuit round when he becomes an honorary judge after the crossdressing pageant which the girls entered the boys into in revenge. [[spoiler:Naoto isn't best pleased by this; she bails, but wins the contest anyway.]]

* A rather [[Squick disturbing]] child beauty contest is featured in ''LittleMissSunshine'' -- and apparently it's not that unlike actual child beauty pageants.

* In the ''ParksAndRecreation'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beauty Pageant]]", Leslie becomes a RogueJuror for one of these. Leslie wants to give the prize to an intelligent woman who does charity work while the rest of the judging panel favors a [[BrainlessBeauty super-hot vapid moron]]. During the talent portion, the latter contestant impresses the judges other than Leslie with her "talent" of baton twirling, which consisted of nothing other than dancing sexily while holding a baton. Also, April enters the contest for the six hundred dollar prize, but quits in the middle of the competition when she learns it's six hundred dollars in gift certificates rather than six hundred dollars cash. Incidentally, April's talent was performing [[BadImpressionists "impressions"]] in her usual deadpan voice.

* In the ''[[Rugrats]]'' episode "Beauty Contest", Tommy Pickles' father and grandfather, Stu and Lou, disguise Tommy as a girl and enter him in the Little Miss Lovely contest, unknowingly competing against his cousin, Angelica. Tommy's disqualified after Didi shows up and outs Tommy in anger.

* A rather disturbing child beauty contest is featured in ''LittleMissSunshine'' -- and apparently it's not that unlike actual child beauty pageants.

* As mentioned above, there are children's beauty pageants, and they are SeriousBusiness to the point of child abuse. In one news expose, a hidden camera was put in the changing rooms, and captured such things as a father bragging about getting his 8-year-old daughter ''breast implants'', then making her take off her top and bouncing her up and down to show another father "how well they jiggle." ''Eugh''.

* One chapter of ''AiKora'' involves a "Miss Sakashitamon" contest. The girls eventually get fed up and start a riot, leading to the contest being banned.

* In the ''ParksAndRecreation'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beauty Pageant]]", Leslie becomes a RogueJuror for one of these. Leslie wants to give the prize to an intelligent woman who does charity work while the rest of the judging panel favors a [[BrainlessBeauty super-hot vapid moron]]. During the talent portion, the latter contestant impresses the judges other than Leslie with her "talent" of baton twirling, which consisted of nothing other than dancing sexily while holding a baton. Also, April enters the contest for the six hundred dollar prize, but quits in the middle of the competition when she learns it's six hundred dollars in gift certificates rather than six hundred dollars cash. Incidentally, April's talent was doing [[BadImpressionists bad impressions]], all of which she performed in her usual deadpan voice.

* In the ''ParksAndRecreation'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beauty Pageant]]", Leslie becomes a RogueJuror for one of these. Leslie wants to give the prize to an intelligent woman who does charity work while the rest of the judging panel favors a [[BrainlessBeauty super-hot vapid moron]]. During the talent portion, the latter impresses the judges other than Leslie with her "talent" of baton twirling, which consisted of nothing other than dancing sexily while holding a baton. Also, April enters the contest for the six hundred dollar prize, but quits in the middle of the competition when she learns it's six hundred dollars in gift certificates rather than six hundred dollars cash. Incidentally, April's talent was doing [[BadImpressionists bad impressions]], all of which she performed in her usual deadpan voice.

* In the ''ParksAndRecreation'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beauty Pageant]]", Leslie becomes a RogueJuror for one of these. Leslie wants to give the prize to an intelligent woman who does charity work while the rest of the judging panel favors a [[BrainlessBeauty super-hot vapid moron]]. Also, April enters the contest for the six hundred dollar prize, but quits in the middle of the competition when she learns it's six hundred dollars in gift certificates rather than six hundred dollars cash.

* In the ''{{Smallville}}'' episode "Fierce", [[MsFanService Kara]] won the Miss Sweet Corn contest.

* There seems to be an explosion of [[RealityShow reality TV]] featuring particularly {{egregious}} examples of how terrible beauty pagaents can be -- a notable example being '''Toddlers and Tiaras''' -- though, to the participants, it's SeriousBusiness.

* Incredibly for the medium, HowardStern has hosted multiple beatuty contests on his show over the years. Interns, {{Playboy Bunn|y}}ies, amputees, and he once even had three of Tiger Woods' dozen plus mistresses compete against one another.

* HowardStern has hosted multiple beatuty contests on his show over the years. Interns, {{Playboy Bunn|y}}ies, amputees, and he once even had three of Tiger Woods' dozen plus mistresses compete against one another.

* One episode of ''{{Futurama}}'' has the crew delivering the crown to such a contest. Leela thinks the whole thing is sexist and stupid... until she thinks she won by accident when Zapp Brannigan, one of the judges, calls out her name in surprise.

* The boys in ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' entered their mother Lois into the Miss Tri-County Pageant as a joke. She was so flattered by the sentiment, which she thought was genuine, that she gave it a go. After much back-stabbing and sabotage by the other contestants, she took the prize after showing off her talent at whistling.

* ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' had the Miss Nadesico contest, a parody of the Miss Macross contest of ''SuperDimensionalFortressMacross''. It started out as a simple talent contest to raise morale, but Yurika changed it into a contest with the winner being captain for a day. The higher ups changed it to be captain ''permanently'' just to get rid of Yurika! The crew tossed in the bathing suit portion and by the end of the episode, the only one not participating was Ryoko (which was a good thing, since she was able to warn everyone of a Jovian attack. ExistentialCrisis are a ''good'' thing! ). At the end, [[spoiler:Ruri ends up winning, but steps down out of utter embarrassment over the whole thing and Yurika gets her title back by virtue of being second place! It's a spectacular ReassignmentFailure!]]