beauty queen
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The former beauty queen passed away early on Monday morning in hospital following an illness, according to local media.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Carrie Prejean Boller, a former beauty queen and faithful Trump supporter, has found herself at the center of an explosive conservative fight.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
A court in Spain last year sentenced a former Mexican beauty queen and her partner to four and a half years in prison for the theft, according to El País.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
A high school teacher and former beauty queen, Grinstead vanished in 2005 from her home in rural Irwin County.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023
And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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