beauty contest
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beauty contest
noun beauty contests
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A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.
The locomotives were labelled 'ugly', 'unsightly' and 'industrial', as their cab fronts were a mass of slats, grooves and blocks (despite the fact that, of course, locomotives are for work - it's not a beauty contest).
Similar: beauty pageant
- A tender in which bidders are ranked according to some (known or secret) criteria.
Talk about this word "beauty contest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beauty%20contest. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. beauty contest. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beauty%20contest "beauty contest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beauty%20contest.Cite this
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title = {beauty contest},
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