I used to have a friend that did beauty pageants but I never saw the thrill in them.
Yeah the ranking and judging of physical attributes is a bit trivial. Although some contests have added personality, intelligence, and talent into their shows.
Do you know a lot about beauty pageants? 
I know quite a bit about beauty pageants. They are competitions for unmarried women but there are similar contests for children.
I never knew it was for unmarried woman. Is there a reason for that?
Well, mostly unmarried women. The majority of the women are unmarried. Organizers of each pageant set the rules. The rules can restrict anything from the contestant's age to their marital status.
Just still seems so shallow and trivial. What other interesting facts do you know?
There are actually even similar events for men and boys. They are just called by different names or are more likely to be bodybuilding contests.
I've watched bodybuilding shows with my ex. They are entertaining if nothing else.
Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's musculature for aesthetic purposes. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive bodybuilding, bodybuilders appear in lineups and perform specified poses (and later individual posing routines) for a panel of judges who rank the competitors based on criteria such as symmetry, muscularity, and conditioning. Bodybuilders prepare for competitions through the elimination of nonessential body fat, enhanced at the last stage by a combination of extracellular dehydration and carbohydrate
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 –