The pageant was such a fluke. I mean, I was living in an orphanage, and my foster mother bet me $150 to go out for this thing. Nobody, including myself, thought that a foster kid could be a beauty queen. - on being Miss Teen USA 1993
Charlotte Ayanna
On why she participated in the Miss World Pageant in 1994: "For me, it went beyond being a beauty queen. For me, it was about being the 20-year-old girl from India on international platform and a lot of people actually would assume that I wasn`t even educ...
Aishwarya Rai
There are three things pageant women do. There`s the Vaseline thing, which I didn`t do. There`s duct-taping your boobs, which I never did because I`m not into pain. The third thing is using athletic spray adhesive on your butt to keep your swimsuit in pla...
Jeri Ryan
They always say the Miss America Pageant isn`t a beauty contest, it`s really a scholarship program. If that`s the case, why don`t we just put all the contestants on "Jeopardy!" (1984) and pick Miss America that way? At least you get the smartest one.
Jay Leno
I know that I`ve got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I`m happy with myself. I`m not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.
Clay Aiken