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But as she notes, this race is no beauty contest.

And it is more than a beauty contest of forms.

"I just always thought of it as a beauty contest."

And, of course, the beauty contests were all about getting a new dress.

As for beauty contests, he added, there are a lot of them.

Didn't matter, it wasn't going to be a beauty contest.

She had a short but successful career in smaller beauty contests.

In his last years, Young had been a radio host and a judge of beauty contests.

In the end, it was like watching a good beauty contest or a bad wedding.

In a beauty contest, he wouldn't even come a close second to the great white shark.