The entertainment industry has done so many good things for all its fans during the years. Releasing the best films for all our entertainment pleasure, causing controversy so we can read about it in our favorite gossip magazines and making all teenage girls either hate their bodies or flaunt them like sluts.

This was the first time since the U.S.-led war against Iraq that the pageant was held on Iraqi soil. Also, for the record, Tamar Goregian is neither a Sunni nor a Shiite Iraqi, but instead an Armenian Iraqi.

Iraq elected a beauty queen in a two hour competition held at a heavily guarded Baghdad social club away from the media. Audience members consisted of friends and relatives of contestants and the pageant wasn`t accessible to the public.

The Palm Springs Riviera Resort has two consecutive beauty-filled weeks quickly approaching. Beginning September 7th, 2005 and conitnuing on through the 11th, this renowned hotel will be host to three of the most famous beauty competitions in the world - Mrs. America, Miss California USA, and Miss Teen USA.