The participants in the beauty contest wear the simple brown dresses of the Ashaninka indigenous woman, their faces dotted in a traditional design with a red dye extracted from a spice called achiote.

OTARI NATIVO, Peru (AP) – Gathered in the middle of the Amazon forest, the participants in the beauty contest wear the simple brown dresses of the Ashaninka indigenous woman, their faces dotted in a ...

I’ve been on the hunt for my 40 & Fabulous look, and thanks to Mayvenn’s Peruvian Kinky hair, I think I found it. When I turned 40, I wanted to explore a new look, highlighting my maturity. I was no ...

Luciana Fuster, 24, from Peru, was crowned the 2023 Miss Grand International winner at the contest’s final night in Ho Chi Minh City. The Peruvian beauty queen burst into tears the moment she was ...

A Peruvian knockout was knocked unconscious on live TV Saturday. Model and dancer Delly Madrid, 33, crashed to the ground face first and suffered damage to her brain and neck. Staff scrambled to ...

Generally speaking, beauty pageants aren't quite bastions of gender equality. While they can be empowering and fun, the fact remains that any event that requires women to stand onstage and list their ...

This interview was conducted by Diana Sierra and originally appeared on the website of Afroféminas. A slightly edited version is published below as part of a content partnership with Global Voices.

Jae Rosay of HassadityHair.com, is a young black women with a plethora of accolades, including: a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, her own virgin hair business and experience on the management side of ...