From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishMiss Italy/Ohio/World etcMiss Italy/Ohio/World etcNAME OF A PERSONused to refer to a woman who represents a country, city etc in a beauty competition → miss
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Miss Italy/Ohio/World etc• He got on stage at his party with a black Strat and a motley rock crew called Miss World.• Though cool Britain might have declared Miss World pass, the world did not agree.• And it brought back the memories of bouquets and the first Miss World competition she won way back in 1911.• Scandal led to Majorie being stripped of her Miss World title after 104 eventful days.• What will happen to the smiling pose of Miss World when she comes down with a cold?• Long ago when Dennis Potter was a television critic too, he was reviewing Miss World.• For Marjorie Wallace, the dream came true, a thousand times over, when she won the Miss World crown. 