beauty queen
noun
: a beautiful and glamorous woman or girl
specifically
: a winner of a beauty contest
Synonyms
Examples of beauty queen in a Sentence
every loving husband considers his wife a beauty queen
Recent Examples on the Web
Suzanne is a former beauty queen Matthew revealed in his 2022 memoir that his mother was a beauty queen before marrying John.
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Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
Sabrina Dhowre Married to: Idris Elba, 2018's Sexiest Man Alive
Days before Valentine's Day 2018, Elba popped the question to the Canadian beauty queen prior to a screening of his directorial debut, Yardie.
—Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
How about to public peace? Patricia Hill Burnett, born in 1920, was a wealthy Republican and former beauty queen who felt unchallenged and unappreciated as a housewife.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
For the kind of hopeful young women who once packed their sashes in their valises and got on the bus to come to Hollywood, only to find a hundred other small-town beauty queens already here, a pageant crown no longer has to be their only onramp to mobility and even cinema celebrity.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Featuring German food and beer, music, parades, beauty queens and more.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
Until then, she was better known as a beauty queen traveling the world to compete in pageants.
—Sara Tardiff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
Her father, Kian Teik, was a lawyer and politician, and her mother, Janet, a former beauty queen.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
Season after season, this arc became a feature of the show, the heroine’s journey from housewife to Housewife, from mom to mommy blogger, from beauty queen to proprietor of a beauty line.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
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Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
Sabrina Dhowre Married to: Idris Elba, 2018's Sexiest Man Alive
Days before Valentine's Day 2018, Elba popped the question to the Canadian beauty queen prior to a screening of his directorial debut, Yardie.
—Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
How about to public peace? Patricia Hill Burnett, born in 1920, was a wealthy Republican and former beauty queen who felt unchallenged and unappreciated as a housewife.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
For the kind of hopeful young women who once packed their sashes in their valises and got on the bus to come to Hollywood, only to find a hundred other small-town beauty queens already here, a pageant crown no longer has to be their only onramp to mobility and even cinema celebrity.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Featuring German food and beer, music, parades, beauty queens and more.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
Until then, she was better known as a beauty queen traveling the world to compete in pageants.
—Sara Tardiff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
Her father, Kian Teik, was a lawyer and politician, and her mother, Janet, a former beauty queen.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
Season after season, this arc became a feature of the show, the heroine’s journey from housewife to Housewife, from mom to mommy blogger, from beauty queen to proprietor of a beauty line.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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