beauty queen

noun

Synonyms of beauty queennext
: 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
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The former beauty queen, who is married to Martina Navratilova, claimed there was friction with the Brazilian art dealer due to a one-night stand years ago. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025 Nick Clooney, an accomplished journalist, and his mom, Nina Bruce Warren, a former beauty queen and entrepreneur, wed in 1959. Ale Russian, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025 Clooney and Zeidler's mother was a beauty queen–turned–city councilwoman, while their father worked as a news anchor. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025 In an annual update, the Boulder Police Department urged anyone with information to come forward about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old child beauty queen in her childhood home. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 13 Dec. 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 30 Dec. 2025.

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