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
An Indiana beauty queen was swept up in a sweeping drug bust with ties to a Mexican cartel that's been years in the making.
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Fox News, 23 May 2024
Elvis soon meets Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a youthful beauty queen who becomes his live-in girlfriend for most of the last years of his life.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 20 May 2024
Since then, Voigt has fulfilled her beauty queen duties, attending speaking engagements at the Capitol and working with philanthropic organizations.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Coronel, a former beauty queen and dual U.S.-Mexico citizen, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and four years of supervised release following her 2021 arrest for helping run his multi-million dollar drug cartel.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
Fox News, 23 May 2024
Elvis soon meets Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a youthful beauty queen who becomes his live-in girlfriend for most of the last years of his life.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 20 May 2024
Since then, Voigt has fulfilled her beauty queen duties, attending speaking engagements at the Capitol and working with philanthropic organizations.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Coronel, a former beauty queen and dual U.S.-Mexico citizen, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and four years of supervised release following her 2021 arrest for helping run his multi-million dollar drug cartel.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
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“Beauty queen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty%20queen. Accessed 27 May. 2024.
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