How to Use beauty contest in a Sentence

beauty contest

noun
  • There was tug of war and arm wrestling and, at least once, a beauty contest.
    — J. David Goodman Desiree Rios, New York Times, 4 May 2024
  • Meat loaf is a dish that would rarely win a culinary beauty contest.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026
  • But, again, our hope is to not have to rely on a beauty contest.
    — Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The alt-universe Yeoh in question then does not enter a beauty contest and win.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Kurt's key takeaways Stretch 4 will not win a robot beauty contest.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • The incident led her to enter a beauty contest in hopes of being able to leave Guyana.
    — Tabitha Britt, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The incident led her to enter a beauty contest in hopes of being able to leave Guyana.
    — Tabitha Britt, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • And does birthplace play a major role in your likelihood of winning a beauty contest?
    — Lea Lane, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2021
  • New research confirms that such online platforms are, in part, beauty contests.
    — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Her face often falls back into the wide smile of the past, when her mother enrolled her in local beauty contests.
    — Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Away from the beauty contest, there were camel races, exhibitions, sculptures and stalls selling camel milk and meat.
    — Richard Hall, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2018
  • But most important is the beauty contest aspect to the Heisman.
    — oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2020
  • The event also will feature wrestling, a chihuahua beauty contest, a car show and, of course, tacos and margaritas.
    — Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Dimpled and discolored, the grapefruits are not winning any beauty contests.
    — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2019
  • And, maybe more importantly, Miss AI isn’t a beauty contest at heart.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 9 June 2024
  • The image shows a Ukrainian soldier who won a beauty contest in 2016.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Foreman was crowned Miss Texas in a year in which, for the first time, the titles for all five top beauty contests have been won by black women.
    — Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Organizers of the event set up a dog obstacle course, pet beauty contests and the diving pool for visitors.
    — Marco Santana, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Dozens of camels barred from competing in Saudi Arabia beauty contest over use of Botox.
    — Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Still, the case would not have mushroomed into a frenzy without the sudden flood of footage of JonBenét’s child beauty contests.
    — Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • None will win a beauty contest or ever be listed on the list of best handguns ever made, but all five are dependable and fully capable of saving your life.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 4 May 2020
  • The Playoff is, by design, a beauty contest and not a tournament that hands out automatic tickets.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Kids are encouraged to immerse themselves in cupcake making, producing treats that may not win any beauty contests but will surely win the hearts of parents.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 13 Mar. 2018
  • College football isn’t a beauty contest, and it’s not supposed to be about TV ratings, star power or name recognition.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The pageant is watched every year by millions of people in France and is the oldest-running beauty contest in the country, according to the pageant’s website.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Nightclubs, orchestras and beauty contests were among the novelties the British introduced to Iraq.
    — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2019
  • But the harsh reality is that,the whole concept of the pitch is contrived, and client and agencies are kept apart, and, as a result, the pitch becomes a superficial beauty contest.
    — Avi Dan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • For the second year in a row, Austin outshines Dallas-Fort Worth in a long-running real estate beauty contest.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Carlson has indicated that changes are in store and has not ruled out eliminating the swimsuit portion of the pageant, which began as a bathing-beauty contest on the Boardwalk.
    — Amy S. Rosenberg, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • And even though Burrow has outplayed Jackson this season, the Pro Bowl is basically a beauty contest.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 Dec. 2021

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