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Pronunciation / Transliteration: mi-in-dae-hoe
"그녀는 작년에 미인대회에서 우승했다."
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2 senses- 1
A competition in which entrants, traditionally women, are judged on physical beauty and personal attributes.
"She won the title of national champion in the annual beauty contest." - 2
An economic or financial situation where participants try to anticipate the average opinion of other market participants rather than assessing fundamental value.
"Keynes famously compared stock market investing to a beauty contest where investors pick the faces most other people will find attractive."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'beauty', originating from the Old French 'beulté' (derived from Latin 'bellus'), and 'contest', derived from the Latin 'contestari' via French. The compound noun emerged in the late 19th century to describe public competitions judging participants primarily on physical appearance, later expanded metaphorically in economics and game theory by John Maynard Keynes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Beauty Contest" is said worldwide
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concours de beauté
Transliteration: /kɔ̃.kuʁ də be.u.te/
"Elle a participé à un concours de beauté l'année dernière."
Schönheitswettbewerb
Transliteration: /ˈʃøːnhaɪtsˌvɛtpəʁˌbeːp/
"Der Schönheitswettbewerb wurde live im Fernsehen übertragen."
concorso di bellezza
Transliteration: /konˈkur.so di belˈlet.tsa/
"Ha vinto il concorso di bellezza regionale."
concurso de belleza
Transliteration: /koŋˈkuɾ.so ðe βeˈʎe.sa/
"El concurso de belleza atrajo a miles de espectadores."
concurso de beleza
Transliteration: /kõˈkuɾ.su dʒi beˈle.zɐ/
"Ela sonha em participar de um concurso de beleza."
सौंदर्य प्रतियोगिता
Transliteration: saundarya pratiyogita
"उसने राष्ट्रीय सौंदर्य प्रतियोगिता जीत ली।"
选美比赛
Transliteration: xuǎnměi bǐsài
"她在一场国际选美比赛中获得冠军。"
미인대회
Transliteration: mi-in-dae-hoe
"그녀는 작년에 미인대회에서 우승했다."
美人コンテスト
Transliteration: bijin kontesuto
"彼女はその美人コンテストで優勝しました。"
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