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.

Without letting anyone know, Debbie entered the beauty contest.
黛比没让任何人知道，悄悄地参加了选美比赛。
You look like you won a beauty contest.
你看起来像是赢了选美比赛一样。
She took the first place in the beauty contest.
她在选美比赛中得了第一名。
She entered for beauty contest last year and won the first prize.
她去年参加了选美比赛，赢了一等奖。
Today is the Beauty Contest of fruit.
今天是水果家族的选美比赛。
Pity there ain't a Cabanatuan beauty contest.
真可惜甲万那端没有选美比赛。
Life is one beauty contest after another.
人生就象一个接一个的选美会。
He was a judge at the beauty contest.
他是那次选美比赛的一名评审。
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。
Diana won the beauty contest yesterday.
黛安娜在昨天的选美比赛中获胜。