Cynthia Shange, Who Defied Apartheid at a Beauty Pageant, Dies at 76

Cynthia Shange, who at the height of apartheid was the first Black woman from South Africa to compete in the Miss World ...
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Miss Indian World pageant winners mark the end of a decades-long tradition

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Codi High Elk was a shy teenager most comfortable caring for horses on her family's ranch on the Cheyenne River Reservation when she threw away an application to compete in a ...
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Could a Cornellian Be the Next Miss World?

December 14 will mark the first day of finals for most Cornellians. While most students will stagger, caffeine-laden and unkempt, into their exams, one student will be in London, competing in the 69th ...
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Miss Indian World pageant concludes after decades of tradition

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Codi High Elk was a shy teenager most comfortable caring for horses on her family's ranch on the Cheyenne River Reservation when she threw away an application to compete in a ...