Even as Beauty pageants have been critiqued as misogynistic and dated cultural vestiges of the past in the US and elsewhere, the pageant industry is growing in popularity across the Global South, and Nigeria is one of the countries at the forefront of this trend.
Beauty Diplomacy takes us inside the world of Nigerian Beauty contests to see how they are transformed into cont.
In a country with over 1,000 reported pageants, these events are more than superficial forms of entertainment.
Even as Beauty pageants have been critiqued as misogynistic and dated cultural vestiges of the past in the US and elsewhere, the pageant industry is growing in popularity across the Global South, and Nigeria is one of the countries at the forefront of this trend
