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  • Drama at Mrs Sri Lanka pageant as Pushpika de Silva wins, loses crown (injuring her head), then wins

    Drama at Mrs Sri Lanka pageant as Pushpika de Silva wins, loses crown (injuring her head), then wins

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 07, 2021 · 02:23 pm
  • ‘There’s more to us than black skin’: The first Miss Africa India hopes to break racial stereotypes

    ‘There’s more to us than black skin’: The first Miss Africa India hopes to break racial stereotypes

    Anu Prabhakar
    · Nov 05, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • Diana Hayden didn’t deserve Miss World title, Aishwarya Rai did: Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb

    Diana Hayden didn’t deserve Miss World title, Aishwarya Rai did: Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 26, 2018 · 08:25 pm
  • From Mr Gay India to Dalit beauty queens: The changing face of beauty pageants in India

    From Mr Gay India to Dalit beauty queens: The changing face of beauty pageants in India

    Avantika Mehta
    · Feb 28, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Podcast: Why does Artificial Intelligence often turn out racist?

    Podcast: Why does Artificial Intelligence often turn out racist?

    Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian
    · Nov 04, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • Miss America 1968: When civil rights and feminist activists converged on Atlantic City

    Miss America 1968: When civil rights and feminist activists converged on Atlantic City

    Paige Welch, The Conversation
    · Sep 10, 2016 · 03:30 pm