junior miss

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Recent Examples of junior miss Pageant director Makenzie Kooi said little miss candidates are between 6 and 9, junior miss contestants between 10 and 12, teen between 13 and 15 and those who wish to be Miss Waukegan between 16 and 22. Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junior miss
Noun
  • The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The multimedia exposure drew the adoration of the era’s teenyboppers, who raced to spend their allowance money on T-shirts, lunch boxes and magazines featuring the face of Bubblegum Bobby, as he was known.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • When people talk about the Anna Sui look, there’s always a schoolgirl.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
  • As a schoolgirl, Muriel was revered by staff and pupils alike.
    Frances Wilson September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Louvre has long been shadowed by a history of audacious thefts and near-misses.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Keep reading for more can’t-miss holiday finds from Hearth & Hand with Magnolia by Joanna Gaines at Target.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What missy of a grinch could resist his pleading? 22.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Judges will pick the best ones and the winning master and missy will get free ice cream for a year from Ferch's Malt Shoppe & Grille, receive other prizes and will get to ride in two village parades, Ouellette said.
    Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018

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