By winning Miss World 2013, Miss International 2013, Miss Earth 2014, Miss Earth 2015, and Miss Universe 2015, the Philippines achieved the feat in a span of only three calendar years. The Philippines currently has six Miss International crowns, four Miss Earth crowns, four Miss Universe crowns, and one Miss World crown. Īfter winning Miss World 2013, the Philippines was the third country to win all titles of the Big Four pageants.
By winning Miss Earth 2013, Venezuela became the first and so far only country to win all four pageants multiple times. It has produced seven Miss Universe titles, eight Miss International titles, six Miss World titles, and two Miss Earth titles. In winning Miss Earth 2005, Venezuela became the second country to win titles for each of the Big Four pageants. Brazil has won two Miss Universe crowns, two Miss Earth crowns, one Miss World crown, and one Miss International crown. The first country to win all four major international pageant titles was Brazil, when it won Miss Earth 2004. In 2011, Miss South Africa Bokang Montjane became the second woman to have competed in all of the Big Four pageants: Miss Earth 2007 (Top 16), Miss International 2009, Miss Universe 2011, Miss World 2011 (Top 7). In April 2008, Cynthia Kanema of Zambia earned the distinction of the first woman to have participated the world's top four beauty pageants: Miss World 2003, Miss International 2004, Miss Universe 2005, and Miss Earth 2005. The pageant is affiliated and works on projects with other institutions, including Greenpeace, World Wildlife Foundation, and United Nations Environment Program. Miss Earth is an annual international environmental-themed beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness organized by Philippine-based Carousel Productions through the Miss Earth Foundation and was first held in 2001.Miss International, also called "Miss International Beauty", is a Tokyo-based international beauty pageant organized by The International Culture Association.The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf+Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996 and is currently owned by WME/ IMG. The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization.Since Morley's death in 2000, his widow, Julia Morley, co-chairs the pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.
Miss World is the oldest existing major international beauty pageant.The Wall Street Journal, BBC News, CNN, Xinhua News Agency, and global news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Hundreds of thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. 3 Big Four beauty pageants winners by Country/Territory.2 Big Four beauty pageant winners by year.1.1 Most victorious countries/territory.Tokyo Institute of Technology Department of Material Science & Engineering (1st year masters candidate, chemistry)įor more information and pictures of the contestants, be sure to check out the contest page over at the CURIE website. Ochanomizu University Department of Information Sciences (Undergraduate junior, programming) Toho University Department of Biology (Undergraduate senior, biology)Ĭhuo University Department of Mathematics (Undergraduate junior, mathematics) Keio University Department of Administrative Engineering (Undergraduate senior, administrative engineering) Waseda University Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1st year master's candidate, biochemistry) The contestants hail from some of Tokyo’s top universities and are majoring in fields from programming to biology. The pageant will be held on Sept 12 at the Kitazawa Town Hall located about 10 minutes from Shimokitazawa station in Tokyo. But the elusive "rikei joshi," or “science girl,” does exist and Japanese student organization CURIE is holding a pageant called “Miss Rekei Contest” to give them a chance to prove they’ve got beauty as well as brains. Even in Tokyo, it’s not uncommon for ladies to make up less than 10% of enrollment for science departments. At Japanese universities, female science and engineering majors are definitely in the minority.
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