beauty pageant
noun
Definition of beauty pageant
: a contest in which people judge a group of women or girls and decide which one is the most beautiful : beauty contest
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beautyplay
: the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit : loveliness
: a beautiful person or thing
: a beautiful woman
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pageantplay
: a mere show : pretense
: an ostentatious display
: show, exhibition
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