On Saturday night in Lagos, 23-year-old law student Chidimma Adetshina was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria after a protracted and very public debate about her eligibility. But the drama in question was ...

Chidimma Adetshina, a beauty pageant contestant who faced a wave of hostility in South Africa after questions arose about her nationality, has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria. Adetshina, age 23, ...

(CNN) — Chidimma Adetshina, who quit the Miss South Africa beauty pageant last week after being embroiled in a row over her nationality, has accepted an invitation to compete for the title of Miss ...

Clad in sleek red gowns and wreathed in smiles, the models lined up in Bangui stadium for the capital's first Miss Central African Republic beauty pageant for three years -- all thanks to Russia. In a ...

At 17, Joyce Malindi won her first beauty contest under the suffocating limits of apartheid South Africa. Fifty-five years later, she was back on the catwalk, silver curls gleaming and brown clogs ...

Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina is a Nigerian-South African model and beauty queen who has captured national attention for her resilience and achievements. Rising from challenges, including leaving ...

*The Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025 beauty pageant has implemented a groundbreaking rule prohibiting the use of weaves, wigs, and ...

An African beauty queen has come to the defense of the Miss International beauty pageant, and slammed the attacks that the global tilt is receiving for alleged racism. Stephany Amado, who finished ...

During a grannies beauty pageant in Tokoza, south of Johannesburg, senior beauties strut down the catwalk, as friends and families watch on with pride. The contest is also a recognition of their lives ...

Entries have officially opened for Miss Curvylicious Namibia 2026, a new pageant dedicated to celebrating authentic African beauty and combating body shaming.