The French Senate voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16. The measure is part of a larger bill on women's rights. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that lawmakers see this move as a way to ...

Fanned by fears that their sex-obsessed society is producing “hypersexual” young girls, the French Senate has voted to ban adults from entering a child younger than age 16 into a beauty pageant. The ...

Amid resignations and vote-rigging claims, Miss Universe — and pageantry at large — is fighting for relevance.

The recent issue of French Vogue has sparked outrage for its photos of a 10-year-old model lying in a sea animal print wearing a chest-revealing gold dress, stilettos, and heavy make-up. Cries of "how ...