as in queen
an attractive woman
Every loving husband considers his wife a beauty queen.
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Recent Examples of beauty queen
Born in Mississippi in 1954, Oprah Winfrey was a teen beauty queen who became a local TV reporter in Nashville, and then an anchor in Baltimore.
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Jane Pauley, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
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
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Clooney is the son of TV journalist Nick Clooney and former beauty queen Nina Bruce Warren.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Jane Pauley, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
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
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Clooney is the son of TV journalist Nick Clooney and former beauty queen Nina Bruce Warren.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beauty queen
Noun
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Soundman Loch Townsend coolly exposed the film and handed the reel to the queen’s panicking press secretary, who took it with relief.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Choose a deluxe cabin for the full crew, which comes with either two queen beds or a queen bed and a pull-out sofa, sleeping up to four people.—
Jenny Willden,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Channel goddess energy with wine red nails and gold chrome accents.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of observers lined the beaches of the city of Salvador to make offerings to Iemanjá, the Yoruba goddess of the sea.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Just as Aleys’s mother passed on her passion for books and Alouette pursued her passion for beauty, Marte will carry on a passion for stories.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Rather than forcing safe and uniform beauty standards on all patients, the clinic emphasizes balance, proportion and above all, individuality.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Beauty queen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beauty%20queen. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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