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Haley Jordan, representing Central Indiana, was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2023 in a state competition held on Monday, July 17 at the Noblesville High School Auditorium. The 25-year-old sports reporter and broadcasting teacher from Indianapolis is a graduate of Indiana University where she double-majored in broadcast journalism and Spanish. She succeeds Miss Indiana USA 2022 Sammy Toney and will now prepare to represent her home state at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada later this year. Her court of runners-up consists of Audrey Schiegel (Spirit of Indiana), Ariah Leary (Evansville), Lexie Dames (Indianapolis), Olivia Johnson (Owen County), and Kiki Walls (Gary). The rest of the Top 16 were Kyra Hoss, Taylor Collins, AK Flude, Katie Whippie, Amanda Pirkowski, Kayla Owens, Adrianna Moore, Ruby Aurora, Lauren Frank, and Caroline Kerr. Kinley Shoemaker of Indianapolis bagged the title of Miss Indiana Teen USA 2023 and will now proceed to the Miss Teen USA 2023 pageant. She succeeds last year...

Tatiana Beauharnais has been officially confirmed to represent Mauritius at Miss Universe 2023. The 23-year-old placed second runner-up while representing Souillac at Miss Maurice 2022 / 2023 competition held last June in Belle Mare. According to her bio for the national pageant, Tatiana grew up in the south of Mauritius, in a family of four members. She is passionate about sports and music and enjoys running, singing, and dancing. One interesting fact about her is that she values honesty and positivity, and believes in living everyday life like it is the last while treating others as she would like to be treated herself. The appointed Miss Universe Mauritius 2023 will now prepare for the 72nd Miss Universe pageant to be held in El Salvador later this year. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tatiana Beauharnais (@beauharnaistatianah) Photos: Fabien Dubessay / Comité MISS MAURICE by Estrella, Tatiana Beauharnais / Instagram

Reigning Miss Earth Mina Sue Choi touched down in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Sunday, July 16 for her first official visit to the country. The 25-year-old Korean beauty was warmly received by TNA Entertainment headed by businesswoman, executive producer, and actress Truong Ngoc Anh. Mina will be a special guest in a press conference for Miss Earth Vietnam 2023 this Wednesday, July 19 at Caravelle Saigon. She is also expected to take part in social and promotional activities for the national competition. To recall, Miss Earth 2022 won her title from a field of over 85 contestants from all over the world last November in the Philippines. Her victory marked an important milestone as it was the first time Korea conquered Miss Earth — one of the leading and biggest beauty pageants on the planet. Check out the details for the upcoming press conference below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Earth (@missearth) Photos: Miss Earth Vietnam / Instag...

Daisy Khound beat 23 other competitors to be crowned as North East Diva 2023 in a glittering competition held on Sunday, July 16 at Mayfair Hotel in Guwahati. The 22-year-old beauty from Jorhat, Assam won a direct entry to the prestigious LIVA Miss Diva 2023 (Miss Universe India 2023) pageant. Snigdha Baruah and Anushka Lekharu were named the first and second runners-up, respectively. The new North East Diva winner is a student at Jagannath Barooah College pursuing a bachelor's degree in history. She founded Maryam, a nonprofit youth organization advocating for equity and equality in society, with a spotlight on women. "As much as grateful I am for the title I have been bestowed with, I am embedded with a heavy responsibility to represent my whole northeast now in a national platform," she shared online after winning Sunday's event. "It is no more my aspiration it is the hopes and aspirations of my soil that I am gonna represent and I promise to put my best foot ...

Tiana Michaels was crowned Queen of South East Nigeria 2023 in a glittering event held on Saturday, July 15 at Gardenia Hotel in Independence Layout, Enugu. The 23-year-old entrepreneur, event planner and coordinator bested 12 other competitors to win the title. She succeeds Queen of South East Nigeria 2021 Achalla Amarachukwu. Benita Chisom and Blessing Emmanuel were named the first and second runners-up, respectively, while Jennifer Odo Ifeoma clinched the Queen of South East Ambassador title. This year's competition themed "The New Revelation" marked the 6th edition of the prestigious regional pageant. Meet the new Queen of South East Nigeria: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Queen Of South East Nigeria Beauty Pageant (@queenofsoutheastnig) Photos: Queen of South East Nigeria / Instagram

The Miss Universe Organization has officially launched the M*U Beverage, a new business group under the M*U brand, to bring top-quality drinks to people around the world. Hosted at the True Icon Hall, Iconsiam in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday (July 17), the star-studded event was attended by reigning Miss Universe R'Bonney Gabriel and her fellow competitors during the 71st Miss Universe pageant. Present were Ndavi Noderi of South Africa, Monique Riley of Australia, Divita Rai of India, Evlin Khalifa of Bahrain, Hrafnhildur Haraldsdóttir of Iceland, and Anna Sueangam-iam of Thailand. Miss Universe Thailand 2023 contestants, former Miss Universe Natalie Glebova of Canada, and of course, the president of MUO, Anne Jakrajutatip, were also in attendance. The first product introduced was M*U NØR, a natural alkaline mineral water sourced from Iceland. According to the organization, it is the first Thai brand of alkaline water that comes in a glass bottle. M*U, a healthy beverage made f...

The contestants vying for Miss Universe Honduras 2023 have been officially revealed on Friday, July 14 at Plaza de las Banderas in San Pedro Sula. A total of 20 beauties have been selected to compete for the coveted title. The winner, to be crowned this August, will represent Honduras at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador later this year. Who will succeed Rebeca Rodriguez Mora as Miss Universe Honduras? Meet the contestants: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Revista Digital Honduras (@revistadigitalhonduras) CHOLOMA - Stephie Morel CHOLUTECA - Anadi Barrientos COLON - Daniela Hernandez COMAYAGUA - Ariana Gomez COPAN - Nicole Bendaña CORTES - Lisa Clotter GRACIAS A DIOS - Nayra Barrios INTIBUCA - Andrea C IRIONA - Keril Cacho LA CEIBA - Ashly Moncada LA PAZ - Karla Güiza LEMPIRA - Jennifer Barrientos OLANCHO - Isabel Durón OCOTEPEQUE - Alondra Palencia SAN PEDRO SULA - Lilian Pineda Bendeck SANTA BARBARA - Cecilia Archaga SIGUATEP...

Arianna Lemus, representing Gunnison, was crowned Miss Colorado USA 2023 on Sunday, July 16 at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. The 27-year-old beauty of Mexican descent succeeds Alexis Glover and will now prepare to represent Colorado at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada. Tianna Cooks of Cimarron Hills finished as first runner-up while Sydney Hella of Red Rocks, Brina Bily of Central Colorado, and Haley Lara of Brighton were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively.  The new Miss Colorado USA is a filmmaker, model, actress, writer, producer, and student pursuing a degree in pre-counseling at Capela University. No stranger to pageantry, Arianna placed first runner-up to her predecessor during last year's competition. She also participated in Miss California USA and finished in the Top 16 twice (2017 and 2019). Sunday's event also culminated with the crowning of Miss Colorado Teen USA 2023 Grace Covney who will now proceed to compete in the Miss Teen USA 2023...

Haylee Puckett was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2023 in a glittering state competition held on Sunday, July 16 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel. The 17-year-old high school student representing Space City bested over 60 other competitors to win the state title. She succeeds last year's winner Chanel Williams and will now proceed to represent Texas at Miss Teen USA 2023 later this year. Amaris Leon was named first runner-up while Dylana Estrella, Fernanda Gonzalez, and Rebecca Camposano were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. The rest of the Top 17 were Stephanie Meza, Victoria Rendon, Abigail Margo, Alexis Linville, Elaina Forester, Milano Gutierrez, Priscilla Nichole Gonzalez, Ashtyn Merrill, Jaelynd Edwards, Sienna Nuno, Alison Appleby, and Cheyanna Frazier. Prior to winning the competition, the new Miss Texas USA represented her home state at Miss High School America 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas where she placed second runner-up. Haylee started her initi...

The Top 5 finalists of Mister Supranational 2023 were given only 40 seconds to answer each of their questions during the final Q&A round of the competition. Read the questions and their answers below: Cameroon, Daniel Mbouda What is the best advice you received on your Mister Supranational journey? "The best advice I received was from Andre Sleigh. On the first day, he gave a speech about inspirational, aspirational. Aspirational means that you strive for something and inspirational means you have the ability to inspire people around you. I was very influenced by this speech and I adopt that as my motto." Korea, Lee Young-woo What is the most critical issue in the world today that you would wish to do something about? "I thought that the world is now encounter some kind of war so we have to protect ourselves and then respect to someone who can protect me and my family. So, to me always respect the soldiers and then the veterans, always." Spain, Iván Álvarez As a...