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Miss USA
Miss USA: American beauty pageant held annually since 1952 to select the US entrant for Miss Universe; sister title Miss Teen USA since 1983. Distinct from Miss America; owned via license by BDE MISS USA, LLC (Thom Brodeur) since 2025.
Miss USA 2024
Miss USA 2024, the 73rd Miss USA pageant, was won by Alma Cooper of Michigan, an Army officer, on August 4, 2024, in Los Angeles, after Noelia Voigt's resignation; Cooper later went unplaced at Miss Universe 2024.
Miss USA 2026
Miss USA 2026, the 75th pageant, held August 24-27, 2026 at Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center; won by Justus Kelley. Run by BDE Miss USA LLC under Thom Brodeur; livestreamed on QBN, not a major network.
Miss Venezuela
Miss Venezuela, the Venezuelan national beauty pageant founded in 1952 by Pan American Airways, selects delegates to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International; its winners hold seven Miss Universe, six Miss World, and eight Miss International crowns.
Miss Venezuela 2025
Miss Venezuela 2025, the 73rd edition of Venezuela's national beauty pageant, was held 4 December 2025 in Caracas. Clara Vegas Goetz of Miranda won the Miss Universe Venezuela title for Miss Universe 2026; Mística Núñez of Falcón became Miss World Venezuela 2025.
Miss World
Miss World is an international beauty pageant founded by Eric Morley in London on July 27, 1951 as a Festival of Britain bikini contest, now led by Julia Morley, known for Beauty With a Purpose charity work; the 73rd winner, Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic, was crowned in Vietnam in 2026.
Miss World 2000
Miss World 2000, the 50th Miss World pageant, held 30 November 2000 at London's Millennium Dome; won by India's Priyanka Chopra, crowned by Yukta Mookhey, with 95 contestants and runners-up from Italy, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Uruguay.
Miss World 2015
Miss World 2015, the 65th Miss World pageant (65th Miss World Final), held 19 December 2015 in Sanya, China, with 114 contestants; won by Spain's Mireia Lalaguna Royo, the first Spanish winner, amid Canada's Anastasia Lin being denied entry.
Miss World 2016
Miss World 2016 was the 66th edition of the pageant, held on December 18 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and won by Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico.
Miss World 2017
Miss World 2017, the 67th Miss World pageant, held 18 November 2017 at Sanya City Arena, China, with 118 contestants; won by India's Manushi Chhillar, crowned by Stephanie Del Valle, introducing the Head to Head Challenge format.
Miss World 2018
Miss World 2018, the 68th Miss World pageant, held December 8, 2018 in Sanya, China with 118 contestants; won by Mexico's Vanessa Ponce de Leon, the first Mexican Miss World, with Thailand first runner-up.
Miss World 2019
Miss World 2019, the 69th edition, held 14 December 2019 at ExCeL London with 111 contestants; won by Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh, with France's Ophely Mezino first runner-up and India's Suman Rao second.
Miss World 2021
Miss World 2021 (70th Miss World) was won by Poland's Karolina Bielawska on 16 March 2022 at the Coca-Cola Music Hall, San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the December 2021 final was postponed 90 days over a COVID-19 outbreak; 97 contestants competed, with Shree Saini first runner-up.
Miss World 2023
Miss World 2023, the 71st edition, was postponed from December 2023 to 9 March 2024 due to Indian elections and held in Mumbai, where Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic won and Lebanon's Yasmina Zaytoun placed first runner-up among 112 contestants.
Miss World 2025
Miss World 2025, the 72nd edition, was won by Thailand's Opal Suchata Chuangsri on May 31, 2025 in Hyderabad, India, over 108 contestants; Ethiopia's Hasset Dereje Admassu was first runner-up.
Miss World 2026
Miss World 2026, the 73rd and 75th-anniversary edition held in Vietnam (final September 5, Nha Trang), won by Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic; 111 contestants, Top 40/20/12/6 format.
Miss World 2027
Miss World 2027, the 74th Miss World Festival, will be hosted by Tanzania, the fourth African host country, in 2027 (announced as May, later reported as September). Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic is the reigning Miss World.
Miss World Philippines 2024
National pageant held July 19, 2024, at SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay; won by Krishnah Marie Gravidez of Baguio City among 33 candidates, succeeding Gwendolyne Fourniol; she later finished Top 8 and Miss World Asia at Miss World 2025.
Miss World Philippines 2026
Miss World Philippines 2026, won by Asia Rose Simpson of Quezon City on February 3, 2026 at the Mall of Asia Arena; she won Beauty with a Purpose and Talent, succeeded Krishnah Gravidez, and was named overall BWAP winner at Miss World 2026 in Vietnam.
Mississippian culture pottery
Mississippian culture pottery, the shell-tempered ceramic tradition of the Mississippian period (ca. A.D. 900–1600) in the southeastern and mid-continental United States, defined by crushed mussel-shell temper, thin walls, effigy bowls, and household production.
Mister Donut
Mister Donut (ミスタードーナツ), US doughnut chain founded 1956 by Harry Winokur, brother-in-law of Dunkin' founder William Rosenberg; operated in Japan by Duskin since 1971, where it leads the market with Pon de Ring.
Mister Supranational 2026
Mister Supranational 2026, the 10th edition of the male pageant, held 1 August 2026 in Nowy Sącz, Poland; won by Pedro Cordero Infantes of Spain, crowned by Swann Lavigne of France, with 41 candidates competing.
Miswak (مسواك)
Miswak (مسواك), also called siwak, is a chewing stick cut from the Arak tree (Salvadora persica) used as a natural toothbrush across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, with Islamic religious significance, about twenty active constituents, clinical performance comparable to toothbrushing on tooth surfaces but inferior interdentally, and documented risks of gum recession and tooth wear.
Mitre
Mitre: the liturgical head-covering of Western bishops and certain prelates, derived from the papal camelaucum; first worn in Rome by the mid-tenth century, shaped into the modern form by 1150, worn in three grades and removed for prayer.
Miu Miu
Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada's 1993-founded luxury fashion brand within the Prada Group, named after her nickname, shows in Paris and is known for Women's Tales films, the viral SS22 micro mini skirt, and record retail growth (+93% in FY2024).
Miuccia Prada
Miuccia Prada (Maria Bianchi, born 1949) is the Italian designer who turned her grandfather's 1913 Milan leather goods house into Prada and founded Miu Miu (1993) and Fondazione Prada; co-creative director of Prada with Raf Simons since 2020.
Miyakojima City Cultural Experience Village
Miyakojima City Cultural Experience Village (宮古島市体験工芸村) is a group of eight hands-on craft workshops inside the Miyakojima City Tropical Botanical Garden in Hirara, Okinawa. Opened May 2009 with nine workshops; offers shisa pottery, weaving, indigo dyeing, shellwork, and cooking.
Mizuage (水揚げ)
Mizuage (水揚げ) is a Japanese term for unloading cargo, fish catches, sales, or flower conditioning, and historically a coming-of-age rite in which apprentice courtesans and maiko first received a patron, ending with the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law.
Moccasin
Moccasin is a heelless shoe of soft leather, traditionally used by Indigenous peoples of North America. It is made from tanned hides and can be plain or decorated.
Mochi (餅)
Mochi (餅, mochi) is the Japanese rice cake made by steaming and pounding glutinous rice (mochigome), also called niangao-like sticky rice cake. Known for Yayoi-era origins, New Year kagami-mochi and zoni customs, east-west shape differences, and elderly choking risk.