Noun
beauty pageant (plural beauty pageants)
A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.
Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. Donna Rice
I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here. Clay Aiken
I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an actor and not a beauty pageant winner. Jude Law
Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world. Joyce Giraud
I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world. Joyce Giraud
It sounded artificial, like a beauty pageant contestant pledging world peace. I did feel sad, but articulating it seemed cheap to me. Gillian Schieber Flynn