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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.
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Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2021
Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junior miss
Noun
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The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
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The British Vogue cover girl, beloved by David Bailey, Terence Donovan, and Ossie Clark, met George Harrison at 19, when she was cast as a schoolgirl in 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
19 Dec. 2025
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Then, her mom heard about auditions for a Disney Channel half-hour sitcom called Hannah Montana, about a brunette schoolgirl by day who dons a blonde wig and becomes a pop princess by night.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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On two of the eight misses, Miami converted on fourth down.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Keep scrolling for more of my can’t-miss finds from Amazon, Nordstrom, Lululemon, and more.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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What missy of a grinch could resist his pleading? 22.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Dec. 2022
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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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“Junior miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junior%20miss. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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