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- noun Plural form of
pageant .
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Examples
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Beauty pageants do have many positive aspects but my daughter (17) has competed in pageants that were fixed, the least attractive girl won, etc etc.
TLC's 'King of the Crown': Meet beauty pageant expert Cy Frakes | EW.com 2009
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It seems to me that a press conference about beauty pageants is meaningless compared to this.
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The PRIMARY thing that drives beauty pageants is about looks even though they have thrown other components such as talent and interview skills into evaluation.
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The beauty pageants is quite blatant about the no looks no need to apply policy which I think is why they are so outdated and cheesy.
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Mr. Citmak says the pageants are a necessary and "overdue" addition to broaden the sport's appeal.
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But for the basketball star turned beauty queen, the pageants were a means to an end.
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But for the basketball star turned beauty queen, the pageants were a means to an end.
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But for the basketball star turned beauty queen, the pageants were a means to an end.
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But for the basketball star turned beauty queen, the pageants were a means to an end.
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More important than the pageants were the conferences of imperial statesmen which arose out of them.
The Expansion of Europe Ramsay Muir 1906
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