Synonyms

beauty queen

British

noun

an attractive young woman, esp one who has won a beauty contest

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Example Sentences

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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

When Miss Universe Zimbabwe came out to greet him, the beauty queen was accidentally overlooked in the chaos of the moment.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

In a red-white-and-blue outfit, high-heeled boots and a pageant sash that reads “Cowboy Carter,” she’s a beauty queen and a white-hatted heroine claiming her nation — her country, in both senses.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024

Also killed was Thalía Cornejo, 25, a former area beauty queen who was studying psychology at college and was home for the holidays.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 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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