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Misquamicut State Beach
Misquamicut State Beach, in Westerly, Rhode Island, is the state's most popular and most visited state beach, with over a half mile of Atlantic beachfront. Opened in 1959 after hurricanes destroyed private development, it charges higher fees than other RI state beaches and draws about 70% non-resident visitors.
Misr Sulci
Misr Sulci is a 109.8-km sulcus (fissure) feature on Saturn's moon Enceladus at 18.00°N, 199.70°W, IAU-approved February 4, 2010, named for a city in the Arabian Nights tale "History of Al-Hajjaj Bin Yusuf and the Young Sayyid."
MISRA C
MISRA C is a set of guidelines published by the MISRA Consortium that defines a safer subset of the C language for critical embedded software, first published in 1998.
Misraka Sneha
Misraka Sneha (Miśraka sneha) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee from Ashtanga Hridayam (Chikitsa Sthana 14/89-90), made from 21 herbs plus cow ghee and milk, dosed 3 g, used for constipation, abscess, gulma, and vata disorders.
Misratah
Misratah (Misrata, مصراتة, Misurata) is Libya's third largest city, a Mediterranean port about 187 km east of Tripoli, with a Berber name meaning place of plentiful water, the country's largest seaport, LISCO steel, and a free zone.
Misrepresentation
Misrepresentation is a false or misleading statement, or a material omission that misleads, made to induce reliance; it can make a contract voidable and may ground rescission or damages.
Misreyarka
Misreyarka (Misreya Arka) is an Ayurvedic hydro-distillate prepared from fennel fruit, a member of the Arka kalpana class of distilled medicines, studied in a controlled trial for primary dysmenorrhea.
Misri Shah
Syed Misri Shah (سيد مصري شاه) was a Sindhi Sufi poet and saint of Nasarpur, Sindh, titled the King of Sindhi Kafi for his pioneering sung lyric poetry.
Miss
Miss is an English courtesy title for a girl or an unmarried woman, as in "Miss Jones," abbreviated from "mistress" in the mid 17th century.
Miss A (미스에이)
Miss A (미스에이) was a four-member JYP Entertainment girl group, two Korean and two Chinese members, active 2010–2017. Its debut single Bad Girl Good Girl topped the Gaon Digital Chart and won the 2010 MAMA Song of the Year daesang.
Miss America
Miss America: annual US scholarship competition for women aged 18–28, founded 1921 in Atlantic City; distinct from Miss USA. Talent, interview, fitness, evening wear rounds; swimsuit dropped 2018; 99th winner Regan Hutsell, 2026.
Miss America 2025
Miss America 2025: title held by Abbie Stockard, who reigned until crowning Cassie Donegan (Miss America 2026) on September 7, 2025, in Orlando; distinguishes it from the September 2025 Miss America 2026 competition.
Miss America 2026
Miss America 2026 is the title held by Cassie Donegan of New York, crowned the 98th Miss America on September 7, 2025, in Orlando, Florida. Also called Miss America pageant 2026; she won a $50,000 scholarship over 52 delegates and was succeeded by Texas' Regan Hutsell (Miss America 2027).
Miss America 2027
Miss America 2027 is Regan Hutsell of Houston, Texas, crowned the 99th Miss America on September 6, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Florida; fourth Miss Texas winner and first crowned in natural hair.
Miss Americana
Miss Americana is a 2020 Netflix documentary about Taylor Swift, directed by Lana Wilson, premiered at Sundance and streamed from January 31, 2020. It covers her eating disorder, the Reputation Grammy snub, and her 2018 political endorsement.
Miss Anthropocene
Miss Anthropocene is the fifth studio album by Grimes, released February 2020 on 4AD, a concept album personifying climate change as a villainous goddess, with tracks like Violence, Delete Forever, and 4ÆM.
Miss Austen
Miss Austen is a 2025 four-part BBC/PBS Masterpiece period drama adapted by Andrea Gibb from Gill Hornby's 2020 novel, starring Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, who burned Jane Austen's letters; premiered 2 February 2025 on BBC One.
Miss Bala (2019 film)
Miss Bala (2019) is a Catherine Hardwicke action thriller starring Gina Rodriguez as Gloria, a Mexican American woman kidnapped by a Tijuana cartel; a remake of Gerardo Naranjo's 2011 Mexican film, released by Columbia Pictures, grossing $15.0M and scoring 22% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Miss Black America
Miss Black America, founded 1968 by J. Morris Anderson, is the long-running pageant for Black women created as a protest against Miss America's racial exclusion; first winner Saundra Williams, crowned 1968 in Atlantic City.
Miss Bolivia
Miss Bolivia, also known as Paz Ferreyra, is the musical project of Argentine singer, MC, and psychologist María Paz Ferreyra, a pioneer of feminist rap since 2008.
Miss Caffeina
Miss Caffeina is a Spanish indie-pop band formed in Madrid in 2006, led by singer Alberto Jiménez, whose 2016 single "Mira cómo vuelo" became a Platinum-certified radio hit.
Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou (すのはら荘の管理人さん)
Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou (Sunohara-sou no Kanrinin-san) is a four-panel onee-shota romantic comedy manga by Nekoume, serialized 2014-2022 in Manga 4-koma Palette and ComicREX, collected in 8 volumes, adapted into a 12-episode 2018 SILVER LINK. anime about boy Aki Shiina and caretaker Ayaka Sunohara.
Miss Charm 2024
Miss Charm 2024, the second edition of the Vietnam-based international beauty pageant, ran December 9–21, 2024 at Nguyen Du Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City; Malaysia's Rashmita Rasindran won, with Australia's Alana Deutsher-Moore first runner-up and Vietnam's Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh Nga second runner-up.
Miss Charm 2026
Miss Charm 2026 is the fourth edition of the Vietnam-founded international beauty pageant, held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 16 to December 5, 2026 under the theme "The Beauty of Cultural Identity", with Anna Blanco of Venezuela as reigning queen.
Miss Cleo
Miss Cleo, born Youree Dell Harris (1962–2016), was the American actress who fronted the Psychic Readers Network's $4.99-a-minute TV psychic hotline with "Call me now!"; the FTC shut the business down in a $500 million-forgiveness, $5 million settlement in 2002.
Miss Colombia
Miss Colombia (Señorita Colombia) is the title of the winner of Colombia's Concurso Nacional de Belleza, founded 1934 in Cartagena by Ernesto Carlos Martelo; 71 titleholders, crown of silver and emerald, winner now goes to Miss International, not Miss Universe since 2020.
Miss Congeniality (film)
Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American action comedy directed by Donald Petrie, starring and produced by Sandra Bullock as FBI agent Gracie Hart, who goes undercover as Miss New Jersey at the Miss United States pageant to stop the terrorist 'The Citizen'; it grossed $213.4 million worldwide.
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, 2005 John Pasquin action comedy sequel starring Sandra Bullock as FBI agent Gracie Hart rescuing kidnapped pageant friends in Las Vegas; earned $101.3M worldwide, 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Miss Cosmo
Miss Cosmo: international beauty pageant-festival founded by Unimedia, held in Vietnam since 2024 under slogan "Impactful Beauty". Winners: Ketut Permata Juliastrid Sari (2024, Indonesia), Yolina Lindquist (2025, USA); 2026 season has 90+ countries.
Miss Cosmo 2024
Miss Cosmo 2024 was the inaugural Miss Cosmo beauty pageant, held in Vietnam and won by Indonesia's Ketut Permata Juliastrid, with Thailand's Mook Karnruethai Tassabut as runner-up; the Grand Finale took place October 5, 2024, in Ho Chi Minh City.