noun
beauty contest; beauty pageant
A competition where participants are judged on physical attractiveness, often including talent and interview segments.
彼女はビューティーコンテストで優勝した。
She won the beauty contest.
Variant with a middle dot, sometimes used for clarity or in formal writing.
Abbreviation of 'miss contest', a more casual and common term for a beauty pageant, especially those for women.
Loanword from English 'beauty contest'.