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
  • United Irish Societies pageant will be held in the runup to the parade.
    Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • There's even a pageant for local young women, Miss Snake Charmer.
    Jeff Martin, ajc, 11 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The child beauty pageant queen had duct tape over her mouth and a garrote twisted around her neck.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Broyles entered her first pageant in 2017, drawn by the scholarship prize.
    Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 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
  • Lensed by Tina Barney, the shoot depicts Ratajkowski in a beauty pageant.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 2 Nov. 2024

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