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beauty pageant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسَابَقَة اَلْجَمَال (musābaqat al-jamāl) — competition on attractiveness
  • Basque: ederren lehiaketa — competition on attractiveness
  • Bulgarian: конку́рс за красота́ (konkúrs za krasotá) — competition on attractiveness
  • Catalan: concurs de bellesa — competition on attractiveness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 選美比賽 /选美比赛 (xuǎnměi bǐsài) — competition on attractiveness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 選美 /选美 (xuǎnměi) — competition on attractiveness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 選美活動 /选美活动 (xuǎnměi huódòng) — competition on attractiveness
  • Danish: skønhedskonkurrence — competition on attractiveness
  • Dutch: schoonheidswedstrijd — competition on attractiveness
  • Esperanto: beleco-konkurso — competition on attractiveness
  • Estonian: iludusvõistlus — competition on attractiveness
  • Finnish: kauneuskilpailu — competition on attractiveness
  • French: concours de beauté — competition on attractiveness
  • German: Schönheitswettbewerb — competition on attractiveness
  • Greek: διαγωνισμός ομορφιάς (diagonismós omorfiás) — competition on attractiveness
  • Greek: καλλιστεία (kallisteía) — competition on attractiveness
  • Hebrew: תחרות יופי — competition on attractiveness
  • Hindi: सौंदर्य प्रतियोगिता (saundarya pratiyogitā) — competition on attractiveness
  • Hungarian: szépségverseny — competition on attractiveness
  • Icelandic: fegurðarkeppni — competition on attractiveness
  • Icelandic: fegurðarsamkeppni — competition on attractiveness
  • Indonesian: ajang kecantikan — competition on attractiveness
  • Indonesian: kontes kecantikan — competition on attractiveness
  • Irish: comórtas áilleachta — competition on attractiveness
  • Italian: concorso di bellezza — competition on attractiveness
  • Japanese: 美人コンテスト (bijin kontesuto) — competition on attractiveness
  • Japanese: ミス・コンテスト (misu-kontesuto) — competition on attractiveness
  • Korean: 미인 선발 대회 (miin seonbal daehoe) — competition on attractiveness
  • Korean: 미인 대회 (miin daehoe) — competition on attractiveness
  • Korean: 미인 콘테스트 (miin konteseuteu) — competition on attractiveness
  • Latvian: skaistuma konkurss — competition on attractiveness
  • Polish: konkurs piękności — competition on attractiveness
  • Portuguese: concurso de beleza — competition on attractiveness
  • Romanian: concurs de frumusețe — competition on attractiveness
  • Russian: ко́нкурс красоты́ (kónkurs krasotý) — competition on attractiveness
  • Spanish: concurso de belleza — competition on attractiveness
  • Swedish: skönhetstävling — competition on attractiveness
  • Tagalog: paringal — competition on attractiveness
  • Tagalog: timpalak-kagandahan — competition on attractiveness
  • Telugu: అందాల పోటీ (andāla pōṭī) — competition on attractiveness
  • Turkish: güzellik yarışması — competition on attractiveness
  • Vietnamese: cuộc thi sắc đẹp — competition on attractiveness