as in queen
a lovely woman
every loving husband considers his wife a beauty queen
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Recent Examples of beauty queen
As depicted in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, José, attending Southern Illinois University on a swimming scholarship, met blond beauty queen Mary Louise Andersen, a lively communications major two years his senior who everyone called Kitty.
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Roy Trakin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2025
The kindergartner was following the footsteps of her beauty queen mother, Patsy, a former Miss West Virginia, frequently participating in child pageants.
—Jean Casarez, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
But a decades-old case of small-town beauty queen murders might cost them their lives.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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Roy Trakin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2025
The kindergartner was following the footsteps of her beauty queen mother, Patsy, a former Miss West Virginia, frequently participating in child pageants.
—Jean Casarez, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
But a decades-old case of small-town beauty queen murders might cost them their lives.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beauty queen
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
Noun
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Juno – From Roman mythology, the goddess of protection and family.—
Fiona Tapp,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
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For instance, the body of the goddess Iris is now in London, while her head is in Athens.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ulta is the largest beauty retailer in the U.S., and this is considered the biggest exclusive hair launch in its history.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Trending Video How Central Park Was Created Entirely By Design and Not By Nature St. Barts is not the easiest place to get to—but the beauty is worth the schlep.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Chrome users are left with the irony of a simultaneous good move on tracking cookies and bad move on fingerprinting.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The event will last until the cookies run out or the restaurant closes.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Beauty queen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beauty%20queen. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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