A beauty pageant is a competition that takes place in front of judges who score a persons beauty 
Who competes in beauty pageants?
Beauty pageants are generally multi-tiered. Almost like a bracket and mostly beautiful ladies.
Oh I see. What happens exactly at a beauty pageant?
Judges rank the physical and other attributes of women.
What are the main beauty pageants?
, and be "virtuous", "amateur", and available for promotions, besides other criteria. It may also set the clothing standards in which contestants will be judged, including the type of swimsuit.
Beauty pageants are generally multi-tiered, with local competitions feeding into the larger competitions. For example, the international pageants have hundreds or thousands of local competitions. Child beauty pageants mainly focus on beauty, gowns, sportswear modelling, talent, and personal interviews. Adult and teen pageants focus on makeup, hair
List of beauty pageants
This is a list of beauty pageants from around the world. A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The term beauty pageant refers originally to contests for women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants. The pageant industry commonly uses three specific courtesy titles – Miss, Ms and Mrs –