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beauty queen

noun

: a beautiful and glamorous woman or girl
specifically : a winner of a beauty contest

Examples of beauty queen in a Sentence

every loving husband considers his wife a beauty queen
Recent Examples on the Web
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The couple met in a fitness class in 2007 while attending Auburn University, where Lindsay, a former beauty queen in local pageants around her home town of Dothan, Ala., was a cheerleader, and Robert, a Georgia native, was a long snapper on the football team. Liam Quinn, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 On the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey woke up to find their daughter, beauty queen JonBenet, missing from their Boulder home and a handwritten ransom note left on the stairs. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024 On December 26, 1996, the body of 6-year-old JonBenét, a child beauty queen, was discovered in the basement of the family’s Boulder, Colorado home. Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 25 Nov. 2024 Culpo previously dated singer Nick Jonas, who’s now married to actor Priyanka Chopra (Miss World 2000) and football veteran Tim Tebow, who is now married to South African beauty queen Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (Miss Universe 2017). Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beauty queen

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beauty queen was in 1893

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“Beauty queen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty%20queen. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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