Miss World is the biggest beauty pageant you’ve never heard of. What’s it doing in Washington? washingtonpost.com

There is no swimsuit competition at Miss World. Miss Universe, sure: More body than brains. But Miss World? She’s all about charity and humanitarianism and talent.

Which may be why you had no idea there is a Miss World.

Let alone that the global pageant — which is considered more prestigious than Miss Universe — is happening right now, on the Maryland fringe of the nation’s capital, with a crowning Sunday at the new MGM National Harbor casino.