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
Recent Examples on the Web In each, he was greeted by politicians, local beauty queens, and applauding teen-agers. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024 In an eyebrow-raising play, star football coach Bill Belichick is dating beauty queen and former collegiate cheerleader Jordon Hudson — nearly 50 years his junior. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024 César, who has led a number of pageants in his home of Venezuela, said that the opportunity to prepare a Cuban beauty queen for the international competition excited him. Isabel Yip, NBC News, 13 June 2024 The beauty queen reportedly had links to Ecuadorian drug trafficker Leandro Norero, as she was mentioned in text messages obtained on his phone, according to The Telegraph and El Pais. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for beauty queen 

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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Jul. 2024.

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