beauty queen

noun

: a beautiful and glamorous woman or girl
specifically : a winner of a beauty contest

Examples of beauty queen in a Sentence

every loving husband considers his wife a beauty queen
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Even by big-city standards, the grisly shotgun murders of former beauty queen Kitty, 47, and wealthy music executive Jose, 45, as the couple watched TV in their Beverly Hills home in August of 1989 was a shocking crime. Christine Pelisek, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Anita Bryant was a singer and former beauty queen who had a robust career in the 1960s and ’70s. David Leonhardt, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 JonBenét Ramsey explores the tragic unsolved murder of the eponymous six-year-old beauty queen. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024 Watch on Deadline Cohan plays Julia, a former beauty queen holding out hope for last minute love while riding out the end with her daughter Apryl (Luciana VanDette). Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for beauty queen 

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beauty queen was in 1893

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“Beauty queen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty%20queen. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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