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beauty queen

British  

noun

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

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Audience members moved along a shifting dance floor as the love story between Imelda, a beauty queen from the provinces, and Ferdinand, an ambitious Senator accustomed to getting what he wants, sourly played out amid the backdrop of a traumatic national story.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

A three-part BBC documentary - The Beauty Queen and the Catfish - has spoken to six women who were targeted over a 15-year period.

From BBC

It has been a "very rocky transition" for the pageant's leadership, Dani Walker, an American beauty queen and pageant coach told the BBC.

From BBC

This year's Miss Universe in Thailand has been marred by ugly drama, with allegations of an insult to a beauty queen's intellect, a walkout by pageant contestants and a tearful tantrum by the host.

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