In the pageant community, many fans have been at odds with the Miss Universe Organization’s direction since WME/IMG bought the pageant from Donald Trump is 2015. The pageant is “no longer about beauty” is a common refrain when a Black woman wins. “MUO is going through an identity crisis. When Gretchen Carlson [former Miss America…
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Pageants often get a bad rap for being regressive leftovers from a different time. While some of that criticism is fair, the organizations that run them have made changes in recent years to become more modern. (Case and point: the elimination of the swimsuit competition at Miss America.) And there’s no question that their reach…
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Remember The Holiday, the 2006 romantic comedy starring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz as two women who agree to swap their equally gorgeous homes over Christmas? Of course you do, it’s a classic (if, admittedly, kind of flawed). In it, both women are motivated to travel for the holiday after a big breakup; Winslet’s character,…
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Serena Williams is continuing another epic run at Wimbledon. She’ll play in the semifinals on Thursday (July 11) against Barbora Strýcová in hopes of making her 32nd Grand Slam final. (She’s also still in the hunt for the mixed doubles titles with British star Andy Murray.) As always, she’s shown off her incredible skill, fitness,…
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Following the U.S. Women’s National Team’s beautiful victory over the Netherlands in Sunday (July 7)’s World Cup final, Nike released a one-minute ad that pays tribute to the soccer champions while touting a message of empowerment for women and girls in sports. The commercial is made up of images of athletes like Alex Morgan, Alyssa…
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When the U.S. Women’s National Team comes to play they mean business—in their 2019 World Cup debut today they not only crushed the competition, they broke the record for biggest World Cup win ever with a USWNT score against Thailand of 13-0. Remember this moment: the Women’s National team just made sports history—again. The USWNT…
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