beauty contest

英 [ˈbjuːti kɒntest]

美 [ˈbjuːti kɑːntest]

n. 选美比赛; “选美式”竞争(指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动)

牛津词典

noun

选美比赛
a competition to choose the most beautiful from a group of women
“选美式”竞争（指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动）
an occasion on which several competing companies or people try to persuade sb to use their services

选美比赛
Abeauty contestis a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.

But now, beauty contest teams often have a consulting plastic surgeon on hand.
而现在，参加选美比赛的各支团队都会配有整形顾问。
The disappointed runner-up in the beauty contest damned with faint praise the newly crowned queen.
在比美赛中失失望的亚军明褒实贬新选出的王后。
There is little hope for Mary to win the beauty contest.
玛丽在选美比赛中获胜的希望不大。
Sofia met producer and future husband Carlo Ponti while competing in another beauty contest.
在另一次选美比赛中，她遇到了制片人即后来成她丈夫的卡洛·庞帝。
Outside pressure and changes in society, therefore, brought about changes in the beauty contest world.
外界的压力和社会的变化，因而，世界性的选美活动带来了改变。
It was in Moldova that Olga took won a beauty contest.
奥尔加在摩尔多瓦获得了选美比赛的冠军。
Have you ever participated any beauty contest before?
以前有否参加过任何选美比赛？
She took the first place in the beauty contest.
她在选美比赛中得了第一名。
He was a judge at the beauty contest.
他是那次选美比赛的一名评审。
She looked very excited to hear that she won the first prize in the beauty contest.
听说她在选美比赛中得了一等奖，她看起来很激动。