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History's Most Bizarre Beauty Pageants That (Luckily) No Longer Exist

History's Most Bizarre Beauty Pageants That (Luckily) No Longer Exist To a sane observer, beauty pageants can seem to be rather strange affairs, yet they are an ingrained part of modern culture in many parts of the world. The idea of women being judged primarily on their looks, and only secondarily on their talent, is nothing new. But if you look back through history at the beauty pageants of bygone days, you’ll see that this was sometimes taken to the extreme. If anything, beauty pageants are becoming less strange!

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