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  • 11Beauty pageant — Beauty contest redirects here. For other uses, see Beauty contest (disambiguation). Beauty queen redirects here. For other uses, see Beauty queen (disambiguation). A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the… …

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  • 12bathing belle — bathing beauty or (old) bathing belle noun An attractive woman in a swimsuit, esp when competing in a beauty contest • • • Main Entry: ↑bathe …

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  • 13bathing — 1540s, action of BATHE (Cf. bathe) (q.v.). Bathing suit is recorded from 1852 (bathing costume from 1830); bathing beauty is 1920, from vaudeville …

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  • 14beauty — n. a beautiful person or thing 1) a dazzling, raving, striking beauty 2) a bathing beauty good looks 3) to enhance beauty 4) dazzling, striking, wholesome beauty * * * [ bjuːtɪ] raving striking beauty wholesome beauty [ a beautiful person or… …

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  • 15Beauty contest — A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition based mainly, though not always entirely, on the physical beauty of its contestants, and often incorporating personality, talent demonstration, and question responses as judged criteria.… …

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  • 16beauty — Synonyms and related words: Miss America, advantage, asset, attraction, attractiveness, balance, bathing beauty, beau ideal, beaut, beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, bunny, charmer, concinnity, cover girl, dazzler, dream, dreamboat,… …

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  • 17beauty queen — Synonyms and related words: Miss America, bathing beauty, beau ideal, beaut, beauty, beauty contest winner, belle, bunny, charmer, cover girl, dazzler, dream, enchantress, great beauty, knockout, lady fair, looker, model, paragon, peach, pinup,… …

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  • 18Sea bathing — is swimming in the sea or in sea water. Unlike bathing in a swimming pool, which is generally done for pleasure or exercise purposes, sea bathing was once thought to have curative or therapeutic value. It arose from the medieval practice of… …

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  • 19Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion — is a landmark public pavilion in the Sunnyside lakefront area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built in 1922, its original function was to provide changing facilities for swimming in Lake Ontario, however lake conditions were often too cold and an… …

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  • 20bath|ing beauty — «BAY thihng», 1. a participant in a beauty contest among young women in bathing suits. 2. any very attractive young woman …

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