User:Mauriziok/Big Four international beauty pageants
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The Big Four or the Big League Pageants[1] refers to the four major international beauty pageants for women – Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[2][3][4][5][6] The group was first described by the China Daily newspaper in 2004 as "the world's four major beauty contests".[7][8] In April 2008, the South China Morning Post described them as "four of the world's top beauty pageants";[9] the same description was also used by South Korea's leading newspaper, Chosun Ilbo in 2010.[10] In 2017, the Latin Times considered the group as the "most important pageants in the world".[11] In 2018, NBC News referred to them as the "four biggest international pageants",[12] while Agencia EFE delineated them in 2019 as the "four most influential beauty pageants in the world".[13][14][15]