On Thursday night, 14 women who survived the horrors of World War II walked down a pageant runway in Israel hoping to win the title as the first “Miss Holocaust Survivor.” The entrants were judged on their account of surviving Nazi ghettos and concentration camps, their later contributions to their communities, and yes, physical appearance, though promoters said that only accounted for “10 percent” of the scoring. Seventy-eight year-old Hava Hershkovitz won, receiving flowers and a sparkling tiara. She hopes to do well when she competes against Miss Bosnian Serb Ethnic Cleansing and Miss Rwanda Genocide at the upcoming Miss Ethnic Disaster Pageant.

When CNN asked contestants in this past weekend’s Miss USA Pageant who is the vice president of the United States, a number of them drew a blank, including one who humorously responded, “World Peace?” Now you know why it’s called the Miss USA Pageant and not Jeopardy. [Hint: His first name’s Joe and his last name rhymes with “ridin'”.]

Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center report that between the mid-1800s and the mid-1980s, the skulls of White Americans have become larger. They’re not sure why we’re looking more like Charlie Brown but place the blame on either evolution, lifestyle changes, or Charles M. Schultz.