Tag Archives: Miss Universe

The Miss Universe pageant has responded to a Change.org petition which demands that this year’s event be moved from Moscow. Via press release: The Miss Universe Organization believes in equality for all individuals and is deeply concerned by the laws recently enacted in Russia and currently in place in several other countries. Both the law, as well as the violence …

Andy Cohen won’t be returning as the host of Miss Universe next year. The Watch What Happens Live star told his friend and pageant cohost of the past two years, E! News’ Giuliana Rancic, that he turned it down because “their discriminatory policies make it unsafe for the gays who live there and gays coming to work or visit.” “The …

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Back in July, Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin abruptly quit the Miss USA pageant, declaring that the parent organization was “fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent, and in many ways trashy” because they had allowed a “natural born male” to compete in Canada. Both would have represented their respective nations at Miss Universe had they won. Monnin went on to claim that …

“Look, I believe that every person in this world has the right to profess the beliefs they have and I am in agreement. We have to respect what each human being decides to do with their lives, no? Clearly, there are limitations, of course, also, as there also are with heterosexual couples, no? Better said, there are limitations for any …

Over at Boy Culture, Matthew Rettenmund tips us to this really cute clip of four Filipino gay boys reacting to Miss Philippines making the top fifteen at last night’s Miss Universe pageant. Tuesday morning pageantbacks are saying that it was her question response that lost her the crown.

Holland and Spain approved same-sex marriage and both ended up in the World Cup final. And now weeks after Mexico ruled that same-sex marriages must be recognized nationwide, they win Miss Universe. Was karma one of those crazy things that Americans believe in?

Since we’ve been forced to care about the opinions of beauty queens this year, I suppose it’s worth noting that Miss Universe endorsed marriage equality on the Howard Stern show today. Howard Stern took a cue from Perez Hilton and asked Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza if she would support the legalization of gay marriage. Mendoza danced around the issue a …