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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Behind them, a Regency-era queen was undergoing WIG PREP, which is the work that’s done beneath the actual wig, while WIG STYLING is the assembling of the wig itself.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pockets are a negligible detail for many, but certainly not for the beloved queen.—
Laura Scafati,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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In Greek mythology, the goddess Panacea carried a potion that could heal any disease.—
Ariana Eunjung Cha,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Freya, a critical character in the God of War franchise, is a Vanir goddess and princess who practices powerful, ancient magic.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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There is one particularly inventive sequence that blends a rendering of Mario in his original 2D 8-bit form, blurry pixels and all, with the 3D beauty of the more modern iterations.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Amal Clooney, queen of classic beauty and glamour, has decided to test it out.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Beauty queen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beauty%20queen. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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