beauty queen
Britishnoun
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
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
In New York, she rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange with the then-Miss Utah USA beauty queen.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2023
No matter how hard I try, though, I keep seeing the bloated face of that aging beauty queen bouncing off the lights into my father’s outstretched hands.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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