a competition for women in which judges decide who are the most beautiful
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous competitions
bake-off
beauty contest
pageant
beauty contest
noun countable
US
Word Forms
singular
beauty contest
plural
beauty contests
DEFINITIONS2
1
beauty contest
or
beauty pageant
a competition for women in which judges decide who are the most beautiful
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous competitions
a chili/BBQ etc. cook-off
bake-off
beauty contest
2
Americanmainly journalisma type of primary election in which people’s votes have no real effect, but instead show the political parties which candidates are most popular