From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbeauty contestˈbeauty ˌcontest noun [countable] DLDCBa competition in which women are judged on how attractive they look
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beauty contest• Most interviewers did their jobs like judges at a beauty contest.• Just like the outside world, only in a beauty contest you are more aware of it!• Dave Simpson's adult comedy, set in a beauty contest, returns to Liverpool after a successful run last year.• College football is as much a beauty contest as it is a game.• He said he had been to a beauty contest where the audience were mostly farmers.• The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest, which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent. 