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
Univision is launching a new program on its weekday afternoon block that features an actress, a singer, a beauty queen, a journalist, and a psychologist as hosts.
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Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
In 2019, for instance, Dakar elected its first female mayor since Senegalese independence, English professor and former beauty queen Soham El Wardini.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2024
After Alan and Loring divorced in 1984, the actor married Gina Tolleson, a model and beauty queen who won Miss World, in 1994.
—Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
Despite his hopes to reunite, Sandoval revealed that the former beauty queen went radio silent and never returned his calls.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
The audience had doubled in size since the semifinals and now comprised, in addition to family members, a royal court’s worth of past and present beauty queens in formal wear, many clutching cocktails from the casino’s bar.
—Madison Malone Kircher Bridget Bennett, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
Guests included entertainment tycoon Casey Wasserman, beauty entrepreneur Anastasia Soare, and Grammy-winning musician Cedric Gervais, Chanel Stewart, the Australian beauty queen who made her big screen debut in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster Barbie, looked like a doll in her orange silk set.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023
Also killed was Thalía Cornejo, 25, a former area beauty queen who was studying psychology at college and was home for the holidays.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
The Alabama beauty queen was scheduled to be deposed in their divorce on July 18 shortly before her arrest — but the hearing was pushed back to Oct. 31, court records show.
—Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
In 2019, for instance, Dakar elected its first female mayor since Senegalese independence, English professor and former beauty queen Soham El Wardini.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2024
After Alan and Loring divorced in 1984, the actor married Gina Tolleson, a model and beauty queen who won Miss World, in 1994.
—Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
Despite his hopes to reunite, Sandoval revealed that the former beauty queen went radio silent and never returned his calls.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
The audience had doubled in size since the semifinals and now comprised, in addition to family members, a royal court’s worth of past and present beauty queens in formal wear, many clutching cocktails from the casino’s bar.
—Madison Malone Kircher Bridget Bennett, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
Guests included entertainment tycoon Casey Wasserman, beauty entrepreneur Anastasia Soare, and Grammy-winning musician Cedric Gervais, Chanel Stewart, the Australian beauty queen who made her big screen debut in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster Barbie, looked like a doll in her orange silk set.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023
Also killed was Thalía Cornejo, 25, a former area beauty queen who was studying psychology at college and was home for the holidays.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
The Alabama beauty queen was scheduled to be deposed in their divorce on July 18 shortly before her arrest — but the hearing was pushed back to Oct. 31, court records show.
—Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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“Beauty queen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty%20queen. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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