"Beauty pageant"

Beauty queen Manita Duangkham Farmer, 22, beat four other finalists to be named Thailand’s most beautiful woman on Sunday.

Miss Universe Thailand Anchilee Scott-Kemmis tweeted a message congratulating her Indian counterpart, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, for winning the Miss Universe 2021 crown on Sunday night in Israel.

Organisers of the Miss Grand International 2021 pageant invested more than 20 million baht on supercars, so the 60 beauties could arrive in style at the glamourous welcome dinner hosted in Phuket on Thursday evening.

A thrilled "Baitong" Jareerat Petsom is all set to compete in the Miss Earth 2021 finalé on November 21, hoping to win the crown and be awarded the prestigious, high-profile vocation of global environmental ambassador.

Miss Universe Thailand Anchilee Scott Kemmis will dress as a “Woman of Steel” for the national costume round at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant to be held on December 12 in Eilat, Israel.

It was allure, grace, charm, style and "willpower": an overjoyed Anchilee Scott Kemmis overcame stiff competition to proudly walk away with the Miss Universe Thailand 2021 title on Sunday. She now hopes to repeat her success in Israel in December by bagging the coveted Miss Universe 2021 crown.

Phuket Old Town mayor’s decision to not allow the introduction round of the Miss Grand International beauty pageant to be held in the area is a lost PR opportunity, the organiser of the beauty show said on Friday.

Miss Universe Thailand 2021 contestants took part in high-profile activities at Pattaya’s Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden on Thursday, a day before they compete in the next round of the contest on Friday.

Miss Grand International president Nawat Itsaragrisil confirmed the pageant would go ahead in Phuket after a sign insultingly referred to the contest as a “three hooves” one, while a community committee claimed there was a consensus that the pageant should not be held.

Police will summon the organiser and participants of the Miss Grand Samut Sakhon beauty pageant for violation of the emergency decree and the Communicable Disease Act after the event led to 62 cluster infections, Metropolitan Police spokesman Pol Maj-General Piya Tawichai said on Sunday.

The organiser of “Miss Earth Thailand” has decided to go ahead with the contest despite Covid-19 cases being detected among contestants and mentors of the Miss Grand Samut Sakhon contest recently.

Rappler online reported Tuesday that this is the third time that Thailand will host the beauty contest.