Student debt brought Averie Bishop to the world of beauty pageants. As a law school graduate who hails from McKinney, Texas, she looked to pageants as a way to pay back her loans. She won the Miss ...

A Texas beauty queen has made history as the oldest-ever contestant to participate in the Miss Texas USA pageant. Marissa Teijo, a 71-year-old from El Paso, will represent Texas in the Miss USA ...

SHERMAN, Texas — Alison Appleby was once told she couldn't compete in beauty pageants because of her disability. She sought to prove doubters wrong -- and it paid off. The Sherman, Texas ...

texasmonthly.com: What was your perception of beauty pageants before your experience at the Miss Teen Texas pageant? How has it changed? What are the positive aspects that may have surprised you?

71-year-old Texas beauty queen Marissa Teijo proved that ... incredible new experience as a contestant in the Miss Texas USA pageant,” the age-defying contestant Marissa Teijo wrote on her ...

(KTAL/KMSS)—Local pageant queen and Miss Juneteenth Texas, Kaidlen Key ... For Kaidlen, pageants are about much more than beauty. As a scholarship contestant, she tackled writing essays ...

Marissa Teijo is slated to compete in the pageant in Houston. The winner will go on to represent Texas in the Miss USA ... strength and beauty,” Teijo said. With nearly 100 women competing ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the first time in state ... Gabriel is currently in Reno, Nevada competing for Miss USA, which is a beauty pageant. If she wins the national title on Monday, she ...

Marissa Teijo, of El Paso, is set to make history as the oldest contestant ever to compete in the Miss Texas USA pageant ... before switching to beauty pageants. A recent rule change in the ...

A beauty competition is garnering international attention. It’s not one of the big-league pageants but a completely new event — Miss Artificial Intelligence. U.K. company FenVue sponsored ...

A Texas beauty queen has made history as the oldest-ever contestant to participate in the Miss Texas USA pageant. Marissa Teijo, a 71-year-old from El Paso, will represent Texas in the Miss USA ...