The participants in the beauty contest wear the simple brown dresses of the Ashaninka indigenous woman, their faces dotted in a traditional design with a red dye extracted from a spice called achiote.

OTARI NATIVO, Peru (AP) – Gathered in the middle of the Amazon forest, the participants in the beauty contest wear the simple brown dresses of the Ashaninka indigenous woman, their faces dotted in a ...

Hidden amongst Peru's natural wonders are endless magic ingredients that have amazing benefits for the skin, hair and more... I knew Peru could boast majestic Machu Pichu, the staggering Andes ...

A Peruvian knockout was knocked unconscious on live TV Saturday. Model and dancer Delly Madrid, 33, crashed to the ground face first and suffered damage to her brain and neck. Staff scrambled to ...

This interview was conducted by Diana Sierra and originally appeared on the website of Afroféminas. A slightly edited version is published below as part of a content partnership with Global Voices.

In Peru, women competing in the Miss Peru beauty pageant protested violence against women by refusing to disclose their waist, hip and breast measurements, and instead presented statistics on the ...

Viewers of the Miss Peru pageant on Sunday were startled when the 23 contestants strutted onstage in sequined gold minidresses, introduced themselves, said "My measurements are..." and then stated ...