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pageant

[paj-uhnt] / ˈpædʒ ənt /


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Bill Pay itself was extremely meta and self-aware, a post-postmodern pageant that would have given David Foster Wallace an aneurysm.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Paulina is intent on becoming the school’s nominee for the next Miss Ghana pageant, and, having handily snatched that crown, moving on to an international competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

He said he’d use those same sales skills to try to lure back pageant audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The start rate for parade and pageant helpers is $26 an hour, while the start rate for stage scheduling assistants is $28.25 an hour, according to the union.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

One for being happy that I made it into the pageant.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Founded in the Bay Area in 1965, the organization hosts drag pageants to raise funds for the LGBTQ+ community, namely to help those contending with HIV/AIDS and homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

The shorts often satirize Christmas traditions such as gift-giving and pageants.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

Wednesday's news conference was staged at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, a venue that hosted Frank Sinatra at his crooning peak and Miss Universe pageants during Miami Beach's mid-century boom.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

More than 120 women from across the world have gathered in Thailand, vying to be crowned Miss Universe in a contest considered one of the "big four" of global beauty pageants.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

Curly guessed it was her very first Hollywood role after retiring from beauty pageants.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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