The Global Story: The international drama of Miss Universe

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  Hey there, I'm Asma Khalid.

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  And I'm Tristan Redman, and we're here with a bonus episode for you from the Global Story podcast.

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  The world order is shifting.

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  Old alliances are fraying and new ones are emerging.

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  Some of this turbulence can be traced to decisions made in the United States.

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  But the US isn't just a cause of the upheaval.

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  Its politics are also a symptom of it.

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  Every day we focus on one story, looking at how America and the world shape each other.

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  So we hope you enjoy this episode.

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  Beauty pageants are back, or at least they're trying to be.

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  If eyeballs on social media are the metric, then pageants are a hit again.

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  There's been all sorts of action in recent weeks.

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  It started off with a woman called Ignacia Fernandez,

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  who won Miss World Chili after she sang Death Metal at the pageant while wearing a ball gown.

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  Then, at Miss Universe last week in Thailand, things got un poco loco.

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  Now, the pageant world has gone into absolute meltdown in recent days.

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