The gunman who killed Miss Honduras has told police he murdered the beauty queen and her sister in a jealous rage because his girlfriend danced with another man.

The gunman who killed Miss Honduras has told police he murdered the beauty queen and her sister in a jealous rage because his girlfriend danced with another man.

A Honduran beauty queen has been found murdered just days before she was due to compete in the Miss World pageant in London.

Looking good is hard work but well worth the effort, says newly crowned Miss Ireland, Jessica Hayes from Douglas, Cork.

The 63rd Miss World beauty pageant has opened in Indonesia after protests by Muslim hardliners confined the event to the predominantly Hindu resort island of Bali.

Muslim hard-liners have resumed protests against the Miss World beauty pageant, as organisers insisted the event will go ahead this weekend on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

Miss World has axed the famed bikinis from this year’s pageant in Indonesia, replacing the skimpy swimsuits with conservative beach sarongs amid mounting protests from hardline Muslim groups, organisers said.

The ‘cash stash’ at the media firm owned by model Rosanna Davison last year increased sharply to more than €130,000.

Rosanna Davison has been accused of bare-faced cheek by the organiser of a leading beauty pageant for using her Miss World title to promote a nude shoot in the latest edition of Playboy magazine.

TV star Myleene Klass is to host the Miss World contest on Saturday.

A former beauty queen has urged feminists to abandon their plans to protest at the Miss World final tomorrow night.

THERE was a time when the roll-call for Miss Ireland was a bit like the GAA Championships — Miss Dublin, Miss Cork, Miss Donegal etc.

A NEW national charity presented two assistance puppies to families yesterday where they will help transform the lives of children with autism.

AN American teenager has been crowned Miss World, but Ireland’s Emma Waldron did her country proud by coming fourth in the contest and gaining the top European beauty title.

Tipperary beauty Rozanna Purcell is being tipped to be the first ever Irish winner of the Miss Universe title.

The Cayman Islands government told beauty pageant participants that all contests have been postponed until the economy improves.

A Brazilian model whose feet and hands were amputated because of an infection has died, health officials said today.

BAKE a cake, build a raft, climb a mountain and take part in a fashion photo-shoot may sound like the average daily agenda for the modern housewife, but it’s not — this is what the world of Mr World is like.

Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, was crowned Miss World today in the southern Chinese city of Sanya.

A potential audience of two billion people will be able to vote for Miss World this year for the first time, it emerged today.

The Miss World contest is to be decided by public vote for the first time, it was announced today.

ONE of Ireland’s top beauty contests is in an ugly mess.

Irish fans will have to wait a little longer to catch a glimpse of their new Miss World after her homecoming was delayed today.

ROSANNA DAVISON may have captivated the world but she’s still daddy’s little girl.

Miss Ireland, 19-year-old Rosanna Davison, won the Miss World competition held today in a southern China beach resort.

IRELAND’S Rosanna Davison remains the 4-1 hot favourite to triumph at tonight’s Miss World final in China.

Bookies have slashed the odds on an Irish winner of this year’s Miss World competition.

MISS IRELAND, Rosanna Davidson, is the new favourite to beat off the pack of 106 lovelies vying for the coveted Miss World title in China’s southern Hainan province.

FOR once Chris de Burgh had to stay in the shadows but he wasn’t complaining last night as he watched his beautiful daughter, Miss Ireland Rosanna Davidson, get a majestic send-off to the Miss World contest in China.

LOOKING poised and elegant in her lemon halter neck evening dress, the stunning Catrina Supple floated across the stage of the Pavilion Baltard last night, hoping to be the first Irish beauty to be crowned Miss Europe.

IT was finally a chance for her to get down to official duties yesterday, but Miss Ireland, Lynda Duffy, still hasn’t forgotten the chaos of the Miss World competition in Nigeria.

Miss Turkey wakes up this morning as the new Miss World.

The troubled Miss World beauty pageant today crowned Miss Turkey the winner after the event was finally staged following weeks of controversy.

THE Miss World contest was facing fresh crisis yesterday after it was revealed that the assets of the organising company have been frozen by order of the British High Court.

The Miss World contest was facing fresh crisis today after it was revealed that the assets of the organising company have been frozen by order of the British High Court.

The Nigerian fashion journalist who faces an Islamic death sentence over article about the Miss World contest has fled the country.

The South Korean contestant in this year’s Miss World has withdrawn from the competition after it was marred by religious violence that killed more than 220 people in Nigeria.

Relieved contestants from the Miss World beauty pageant were tonight settling down in Britain after fleeing rioting in Nigeria.

The casualty toll from four days of religious riots between Muslims and Christians in the northern city of Kaduna has more than doubled to 215 killed, a senior Red Cross official said today.

Miss Ireland will today arrive in Britain later today, having departed Nigeria with the other Miss World contestants after rioting.

The Miss World pageant in Nigeria was cancelled last night after rioting over newspaper reports on the event killed around 100 people and injured 500.

THE Miss World beauty contest is to go ahead despite the deaths of at least 100 people in riots in Nigeria over the hosting of the competition.

The Miss World riots in northern Nigeria have claimed more than 100 lives, the Red Cross said today, as thousands of Muslims sought refuge in army bases and police stations from mobs of revenge seeking Christian youths.

RIOTING Muslim youths killed at least four people yesterday in northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, one witness said, as protests against the Miss World beauty pageant spread.