It’s taken 67 years, but when 90 beauty pageant hopefuls strut their stuff across the stage for the Miss Universe competition this Sunday, December 8th, they will be joined by the pageant’s first openly gay contestant—and it’s about time. The pageant world isn’t especially known for its inclusivity. Contestants have historically been overwhelmingly thin, white…
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Getty Images Locals allegedly don’t have to worry about greeting Markle or Prince Harry in any specific way. “It’s very much how they want things done,” the source continues to VF. “There is no protocol that says you have to bow or curtsy when you meet them; it’s really up to the individual.” Why the…
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When it comes to her style, Meghan Markle has a habit of breaking with royal traditions. Even as a duchess, she loves her dark nail polish, collarbone-bearing bateau necklines, and pantsuits—precedents be damned. Naturally, the media goes bananas every time she seems to go against “protocol,” whether it’s with her outfits or with her email…
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It’s like clockwork: You spy—or, almost as bad, can feel—the beginnings of a zit. The next thing you know, you’re applying layer after layer of your go-to acne treatment and scrubbing it to death. But is that really doing the trick, or could you actually be making your acne worse? You probably know where this…
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Chatter about Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s supposed feud has reached a fever pitch. Just yesterday we debunked a report from the New Zealand Herald that alleged Middleton and Markle didn’t “really get on.” Well, it was actually the Daily Mail that did the debunking with its report claiming there’s no drama between the two…
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Rita Moreno has a name for that voice inside her head that—even at 86, even as one of fifteen EGOTs, even as the woman who brought us such iconic characters as Anita in West Side Story and Lydia on Netflix’s One Day at a Time—tells her she’s not good enough: “I call her Rosita.” “Certain…
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