Man 'killed wife, wanted her eaten'Source: National Nine News
A philandering husband allegedly strangled his wife to death, smeared her in peanut butter and dumped her body in a ditch hoping wild animals would devour the evidence, a report claims.
Priest cancels nun beauty contestSource: BBC News
An Italian priest who said he wanted to hold the world's first beauty contest for nuns has decided to cancel the project, saying he was misunderstood.
Anger over 'Miss Headscarf' contestSource: BBC News
Denmark's state broadcaster has come under fierce criticism for sponsoring a fashion contest for those who wear a headscarf.
Muskrat fur flies at Miss Outdoors beauty pageant Source: Chicago Tribune
Contestant No. 1 sashayed down the catwalk, her hair bouncing in blond curls, and smiled a radiant beauty-queen smile. She picked up a furry dead rodent about the size of a football.

First there was a conversation, that are beauty contests really needed. People are not interested, the winner does not gain anything and even feminists keep their mouth shut. So what's the point. Obviously something had to be done.
Cheap Pandering Dept: Most Beautiful Butt Contest with 8 PhotosSource: SPIEGEL ONLINE
Forty-six contestants from 23 countries competed Wednesday at Munich's Reithalle in the search for the "Most Beautiful Bottom in the World."
Sadly, Britney's backside was not a finalist, nor as far as we know, an entrant in the contest. Sad, sad, sad.
Russia's red carpet for UK 'rock star' engineerSource: Telegraph
A British engineer judged a beauty contest, appeared on national television and shook hands with the Russian President after being mistaken for an international rock star.

It's coming. The biggest popularity contest on the planet. The night when all the special people come out dressed in their designer wear and let each other know just how special they are. In case you haven't figured it out by now, I am talking about the Academy awards.
Russian man pretends to be sexy girl to win beauty contestSource: funreports.com
The Internet today is full of fake and trash. One of the latest incidents showed that net surfers can only believe what they see. Online beauty contest Miss Virtual Yakutia has quite a long history and is quite prestigious.

As entertaining as it has been to watch The Donald in full benificence mode, it's worthwhile remembering that the latest scandal, in which the current reigning Miss U.S.A., Tara Conner, has been revealed to be a party chick at the Paris Hilton level of accomplishment, is not th …
Iraq's Beauty Queen Resigns After Four DaysSource: ABC News
On April 9, the 23-year-old, who was the first Armenian Iraqi to win the Miss Iraq pageant, announced her resignation after receiving threats by a group of religious extremists who referred to her as "the queen of infidels" for participating in the contest.

Ólafur Geir Jónsson, Mr. Iceland 2005, has been stripped of his title