How to Use pageant in a Sentence

pageant

noun

• They disagreed with the pageant judges.
• Their church puts on an annual Christmas pageant.
• The Southern belle has made a splash in the pageant world.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2023
• Fight for our grades, fight for a role, fight to win a pageant.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
• My wife is a hall of fame Hooters girl and used to do the pageants.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
• She was not kicked off the show but did not advance to the pageant.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
• Hosts and judges for both pageants are yet to be announced.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Roku is also the new home of the Miss Universe pageant, which will stream Jan. 14.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Jan. 2023
• The 2022 edition of the annual pageant takes place in Reno.
  — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• Proceeds from the pageant were given to the former slaves.
  — Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
• After the pageant is over, the piggies will be returned to the students to take home and keep.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
• The royal kids were out in full force for the Platinum Jubilee pageant.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 5 June 2022
• The finale to the four days of celebration will be a pageant through the streets of London.
  — Zoe Magee, ABC News, 3 May 2022
• The winner of the Miss America pageant will be crowned on Thursday.
  — Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
• Friedman says the South in particular is still the land of pageants.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• Next in her sight line was the Miss Universe pageant with an age maximum of 28 years old.
  — Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Like in the finance industry, there’s only a handful of Black faces in the pageant world.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 22 Sep. 2023
• The author at age 21 or 22, competing in the Miss Harvard pageant.
  — William Lee Adams, ELLE, 10 May 2023
• But as the pageant’s board of directors tried and failed last spring to find someone to take the reins, Berg was on the cusp of a new career.
  — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• Dana Giddens, who was 16 at the time, was among the teenagers at Grinstead’s home to prepare for a beauty pageant.
  — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 9 May 2022
• Bolduc held a small wooden shield, one that might be a prop in a Christmas pageant, with arrows stuck in it.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
• Her announcement was confirmed by the pageant, which thanked Voight for her service and wished her the best.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 May 2024
• Davis, 23, last week became the first Black woman to win the Miss Milwaukee pageant.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2022
• Christmas brings about a reunion for the Williams Sisters, but are egos going to get in the way before the big pageant?
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2022
• At the lab, Elizabeth has to attend a work beauty pageant.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Oct. 2023
• But the timing for a high-fashion pageant suddenly felt off.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Sounds like a winning answer to the pageant interview portion to us.
  — Michael Callahan, Town & Country, 29 Apr. 2023
• Black excellence was front and center this year at the Mrs. Universe pageant.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Sep. 2022
• Captured by Tina Barney, the campaign featured a pageant theme complete with tiaras and sashes.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 14 Oct. 2024
• During and after high school, Sarah had been a good student, an aspiring model and a beauty pageant winner.
  — Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024