Phrase guide

beauty queen

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The female winner of a beauty contest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • 2014, Elle Lee Strauss, Clockwise [...] up along the wall, in cliques. The brains along one side, the artsies in the corner, the beauty queens near the punch bowl so everyone would have to look at how pretty they were when they got a drink, [...]

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: အလှမယ် (a.hla.mai) — winner of a beauty contest
  • Danish: skønhedsdronning — winner of a beauty contest
  • Finnish: kauneuskuningatar — winner of a beauty contest
  • French: miss — winner of a beauty contest
  • French: reine de beauté — winner of a beauty contest
  • German: Schönheitskönigin — winner of a beauty contest
  • Hebrew: מלכת יופי (malkát yófi) — winner of a beauty contest
  • Italian: reginetta di bellezza — winner of a beauty contest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjønnhetsdronning — winner of a beauty contest
  • Polish: królowa piękności — winner of a beauty contest
  • Swahili: malkia wa urembo — winner of a beauty contest
  • Swedish: skönhetsdrottning — winner of a beauty contest
  • Thai: นางงาม (naang-ngaam) — winner of a beauty contest
  • Vietnamese: hoa hậu — winner of a beauty contest