[another cricket]

Miss Earth? What is going on? Is this the same pageant that use to be Miss World or another one? And didn't there used to be a Miss Universe pageant?

a. cricket
who obviously doesn't follow beauty pageants very closely.

[badfreeper]

"Miss Earth? What is going on? Is this the same pageant that use to be Miss World or another one? And didn't there used to be a Miss Universe pageant?"

I think they all still exist. Will 200 channels available, these pageants are all about putting on a three hour TV event for sale to the highest bidder. Cheap original programming is scarce, but beauty pageant contestants don't have to be paid, the winners usually get prizes from sponsors instead of cash. Compared to a movie, TV drama or sitcom, pageants cost very little to produce.