Meanings
nounbeauty pageant (plural beauty pageants)
plural beauty pageants
- A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.
Synonyms: beauty contest
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.
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Arabic مُسَابَقَة اَلْجَمَال
- مُسَابَقَة اَلْجَمَال (musābaqat al-jamāl)competition on attractiveness
Basque ederren lehiaketa
- ederren lehiaketacompetition on attractiveness
Bulgarian конку́рс за красота́
- конку́рс за красота́ (konkúrs za krasotá)competition on attractiveness
Catalan concurs de bellesa
- concurs de bellesacompetition on attractiveness
Chinese Mandarin 選美比賽 /选美比赛, 選美 /选美
- 選美比賽 /选美比赛 (xuǎnměi bǐsài)competition on attractiveness
- 選美 /选美 (xuǎnměi)competition on attractiveness
- 選美活動 /选美活动 (xuǎnměi huódòng)competition on attractiveness
Danish skønhedskonkurrence
- skønhedskonkurrencecompetition on attractiveness
Dutch schoonheidswedstrijd
- schoonheidswedstrijdcompetition on attractiveness
Esperanto beleco-konkurso
- beleco-konkursocompetition on attractiveness
Estonian iludusvõistlus
- iludusvõistluscompetition on attractiveness
Finnish kauneuskilpailu
- kauneuskilpailucompetition on attractiveness
French concours de beauté
- concours de beautécompetition on attractiveness
German Schönheitswettbewerb
- Schönheitswettbewerbcompetition on attractiveness
Greek διαγωνισμός ομορφιάς, καλλιστεία
- διαγωνισμός ομορφιάς (diagonismós omorfiás)competition on attractiveness
- καλλιστεία (kallisteía)competition on attractiveness
Hebrew תחרות יופי
- תחרות יופיcompetition on attractiveness
Hindi सौंदर्य प्रतियोगिता
- सौंदर्य प्रतियोगिता (saundarya pratiyogitā)competition on attractiveness
Hungarian szépségverseny
- szépségversenycompetition on attractiveness
Icelandic fegurðarkeppni, fegurðarsamkeppni
- fegurðarkeppnicompetition on attractiveness
- fegurðarsamkeppnicompetition on attractiveness
Indonesian ajang kecantikan, kontes kecantikan
- ajang kecantikancompetition on attractiveness
- kontes kecantikancompetition on attractiveness
Irish comórtas áilleachta
- comórtas áilleachtacompetition on attractiveness
Italian concorso di bellezza
- concorso di bellezzacompetition on attractiveness
Japanese 美人コンテスト, ミス・コンテスト
- 美人コンテスト (bijin kontesuto)competition on attractiveness
- ミス・コンテスト (misu-kontesuto)competition on attractiveness
Korean 미인 선발 대회, 미인 대회
- 미인 선발 대회 (miin seonbal daehoe)competition on attractiveness
- 미인 대회 (miin daehoe)competition on attractiveness
- 미인 콘테스트 (miin konteseuteu)competition on attractiveness
Latvian skaistuma konkurss
- skaistuma konkursscompetition on attractiveness
Polish konkurs piękności
- konkurs pięknościcompetition on attractiveness
Portuguese concurso de beleza
- concurso de belezacompetition on attractiveness
Romanian concurs de frumusețe
- concurs de frumusețecompetition on attractiveness
Russian ко́нкурс красоты́
- ко́нкурс красоты́ (kónkurs krasotý)competition on attractiveness
Spanish concurso de belleza
- concurso de bellezacompetition on attractiveness
Swedish skönhetstävling
- skönhetstävlingcompetition on attractiveness
Tagalog paringal, timpalak-kagandahan
- paringalcompetition on attractiveness
- timpalak-kagandahancompetition on attractiveness
Turkish güzellik yarışması
- güzellik yarışmasıcompetition on attractiveness
Vietnamese cuộc thi sắc đẹp
- cuộc thi sắc đẹpcompetition on attractiveness
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beauty pageant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauty%20pageant
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“beauty pageant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauty%20pageant. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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