10 things you did not know about Miss America Nina Davuluri

Miss America Nina Davuluri made history on Sunday after she became the first winner of Indian heritage to win the crown. Her family back in India and the whole nation was as ecstatic as the beauty......

'Newly-crowned Miss America 2014 never forgot Indian roots'

City-based relatives of Nina Davuluri, who on Monday became the first Indian-origin contestant to win the Miss America pageant, said the newly-crowned beauty queen had not forgotten her roots and......

Miss America Nina Davuluri meets Obama at White House

Recently crowned Miss America Nina Davuluri, the first Indian-American to have won the coveted beauty pageant, met United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday when she visited the White......

Losses cause Miss USA pageant to say seek new home

The 84-year-old Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which attracts the smartest and most beautiful women in America, is in "perilous financial straits" and wants to shift to another......

Miss Canada is Miss Universe 2005

Miss Canada Natalie Glebova wason Tuesdaycrowned Miss Universe 2005 in the pageant held in the Thai capital of Bangkok.The brunette from Toronto was chosen from five contestants, including four......

Why Is A Nation of Brown People Obsessed With White Actresses?

‘It would be wrong to blame only Bollywood or the fairness cream industry, or the masses that cater to both, because clearly, all of us encourage this lust for whiteness that films and......

Unexpected Proposal

Sandra Bullock, remember her? She sort-of, kind-of inherited the 'America's Sweetheart' title when Meg Ryan's lips went all weird looking and Julia Roberts couldn't figure out whether she was an......

Beauty is a curse: Halle Berry

She was the first African-American torepresent America at the Miss World pageant.She has won enough beauty titles to last a lifetime.And she has an Oscar (Monster's Ball) to her credit.But Halle......