In September 2015, Donald Trump sold the entire stock of the Miss Universe Organization to WME/IMG. Henceforth, the new pageant owner has made some noteworthy changes in the pageant, including a new television broadcast home — FOX. The WMC/IMG has also reduced the number of celebrity judges from the usual 10 to just 4. This year’s jury included Emmy Award-nominated actress Niecy Nash, celebrity entertainment mogul Perez Hilton, 2012 Miss Universe Olivia Culpo and football legend Emmitt Smith.

Also, this year the television viewers were able to vote for their favourite candidate in real time and the results helped determine the winner. What we hear now is that starting from the Miss Universe 2016 pageant to be held next year, there will be new changes that will be introduced. The WMC/IMG announced that it will implement a ‘no makeup’ rule, meaning that contestants will not be allowed to wear any makeup. “We believe in natural beauty, inside and out,” WMC/IMG said, “so our goal would be to find the most beautiful woman in the universe sans cosmetics.”

The Miss Universe Organization is also reportedly considering additional pageant rules, including having all contestants wear the exact same evening gown for the competition. Whether the coming Miss Universe pageant will inherit these changes or not, only time can tell. But, what we hear sounds really interesting. Wouldn’t you be interested to see girls competing without make-up and confidently walking flaunting their natural beauty?