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beauty contest
(redirected from Beauty contests)

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beauty contest
n
1. a competition in which the participants, usually women, are judged on their attractiveness, with a prize, and often a title, awarded to the winner
2. Informal any contest decided on the basis of superficial attractiveness, popularity, etc the referendum might turn into a party political beauty contest
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beauty contest nconcorso di bellezza
beauty contest nconcorso di bellezza


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``Our movie's about rejecting the notion of beauty contests, so I'm conflicted about the whole thing,'' admitted ``Little Miss Sunshine'' director Jonathan Dayton during a ``Directors on Directors'' panel at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which ends today.
After India won several international beauty contests in a row, one politician quipped that the country had experienced an I.
Rather they focused on the liberalization of the economy and the growing influence of multinational corporations which they argued had created a climate in which events like beauty contests thrive, events that demean and commodify women.
 
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