The world of beauty pageants has seen its fair share of spectacularly botched responses during the contests' Q&A portion.

Authorities in Utah have arrested four teens, including a recently crowned beauty queen, and charged them with setting off an incendiary device after they allegedly tossed homemade bombs at local homes and residents.

It's an accepted truism that all beauty pageant contestants have a certain similar "look," but one Japanese blog has touched off a firestorm of speculation that South Korea's plastic surgery craze may have taken that cliché too far.

Upping Miss South Carolina Teen USA in the incomprehensible beauty pageant question response department is no easy task, but last night during the Miss Universe competition, Miss Venezuela gave it her best shot.

Fourteen elderly women between the ages of 74 to 97 were picked from a pool of 300 registrants to walk the red carpet at an unusual event that took place yesterday at a reception hall in the Israeli city of Haifa: The first (and last) Miss Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant.

During last night's Miss Universe pageant, judge William Baldwin asked Miss Philippines, "What is one big mistake that you've made in your life, and what did you do to make it right?" Her response? She's made no mistakes! Video inside.

When video of a swimsuit-clad Sarah Palin at the 1984 Miss Alaska contest hit the web last week, the YouTube uploader promised more goodies to come, including Palin's talent competition entry. Now, finally, it is here: Sarah Palin (née Heath), "accomplished flautist," tooting "The Homecoming" by Nathan Hardy on one doozy of a flute (which she then had fired). Can Palin whip out a piccolo at tomorrow's vice presidential debate to steal some of Joe Biden's foreign policy thunder? Tina Fey, you'd better start practicing. [HuffPo]

In her recent SNL skit, Tina Fey attracted some of the biggest laughs when she played vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a politician more adept at striking a pose than learning foreign policy. Now, thanks to the miracle of the YouTubes, we can check Fey's moves against the real thing! Yes, the tape from Palin's 1984 stint in the Miss Alaska competition has finally surfaced, and it involves the then-Sarah Heath donning a red swimsuit and doing a full round of turns for the audience and judges. The YouTube uploader promises more Miss Alaska clips soon, including Palin's talent entry (playing the flute!). Until those surface, we have to ask: could Matt Damon pull off a one-piece so well? [HuffPo]