Verifiable data shows Hillcrest sending contestants from 1993-1995 and 2001-2007, but the school has sent students in other years as well.

Dance Marathon is a 30-hour dance marathon held each winter for which student groups raise money to send contestants; the money benefits one charity each year.

"The Drug Store" would send contestants into Duane Reade outlets in a search for a clerk who is both pleasant and knowledgeable.

Aruba and Curaçao had sent Spanish-speaking contestants in Miss World for the first time.

In 1970 a new organization took the responsibility of sending contestants until 1985 via castings.

After showing viewers the world in previous seasons, this North America-only race has felt claustrophobic: the spring edition will go back to sending contestants to places they cannot pronounce.

With no success, Nigeria had been sending contestants to the Miss World pageant for years.

The pageant started in 1963 and since then it had sent contestants to the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants.

The earliest recorded tall pageant winner was in 1947, that year four tall clubs around the US sent contestants.

Puerto Rico frequently sends contestants to different international tournaments, such as the Olympics.