Women from across the United States battled Sunday for the traditional Miss USA crown, and in the end, it was ex-tae kwon do teacher Nia Sanchez of Nevada who took it home.
Thousands of fans of Japanese girl group AKB48 gathered Saturday for the results of a ballot on which member will lead the band for the next year amid tight security after two members were attacked by a man wielding a saw.
A singing nun clinched the final of The Voice of Italy television talent show contest on Friday after winning millions of followers with her lively dance act and soulful renditions of lusty pop classics.
Two young American teenagers of South Asian heritage made spelling history Thursday when they became the first co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee since 1962.
Models from Kazakhstan have won two titles - the First Runner-up Photo Model of the Globe and the Second Runner-up Photo Model of the Globe - at the Miss 7 Continents-2014.
The Miss World Russian Beauty-2014 Grand Final was held in New York. 15-yo Diana Bahtiyarkyzy from Kazakhstan's Semey won the Grand Prix in the Mini Miss World Russian Beauty category.
Dancers Baurzhan ‘Bauka’ Seifulina and Renat ‘L’eto’ Izmailov made it into the final of the world's most prestigious dance festival Juste Debout 2014 in France.