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2009
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pag·eant
/ ˈpajənt/
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n.
a public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colorful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene.
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(also beauty pageant)
a beauty contest.
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a thing that looks impressive or grand, but is actually shallow and empty.
∎ hist.
a scene erected on a fixed stage or moving vehicle as a public show.
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 "News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)")
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PAGEANTS FEELING THE PINCH OF SOCIETY'S SNUB | NUMBERS DOWN: BEAUTY CONTESTANTS DWINDLING
Newspaper article from: News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 7/24/1997; 700+ words
; ...Miss, Junior Miss and Little Miss pageants because pageant participation in some communities...total of 10 girls in its three pageants. John Lynn, pageant director for both the Mundelein and fair pageants, said that part of the problem...
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Pageants provide scholarships, self confidence
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/11/2000; ; 495 words
; ...while preparing for a pageant," White said. "These pageants also help with self...Judges agree. "Pageants have benefited these...Kelly Tipton, a pageant judge. "Either...scholarship money these pageants have had a positive...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Pageant officials waiting to hear from San Antonio
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...between San Antonio and the pageant organization, even if only...hoped to woo the Miss USA pageant to their communities included...the 1999 and 2000 Miss USA pageants. And the showbiz city would like to see the pageant return someday, said Ross...
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Pageants at Radisson
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...This is the first pageant I have participated...Megan said. In past pageants, she was recognized...To prepare for the pageant, Megan exercises three...Teen Northern Indiana Pageant in Elkhart. If you...Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants When: Friday through...
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Pageant for Married Women Attracts Record Numbers; From Newlyweds to Grandmas, Soccer Moms to Branson Entertainers, Pageant Officials Comb State Looking for 20 Additional Contestants.
PR Newswire; 3/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...The Mrs. Missouri Pageant is the crown jewel of Missouri Pageants," said McKenna...the Mrs. America Pageant, to be held in Hawaii...Dispelling the myth that pageants are only for "beautiful people," Pageant organizers seek women...
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Pageant Lawsuit Moves to Fed Court
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Carolina later this month in the Miss America Pageant was moved to federal court Thursday...the lawsuit filed against the national pageant by Rebekah Revels. No new date has been...and time is becoming a factor with the pageant's contestants expected to participate...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Pageant sparks border war.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 4/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...There has only been one pageant so far this year - in Crystal...have not yet held their pageants. She pleaded her case with...Illinois State Fair's pageant, which is where winners of the county pageants go next to compete. Algonquin...
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PAGEANT WINNER FINDS HER PLACE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 4/7/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...she has always loved pageants. "I would watch them...my mother to be in a pageant." Her mother, a dedicated...impressed. "I did my first pageant when I was 16, and...about what I believe. Pageants are a perfect venue...Black Student Union Pageant. Then she won the Miss...
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 "Mundelein Review (IL)")
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Pageant director, volunteer bows out
Newspaper article from: Mundelein Review (IL); 7/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the Miss Mundelein pageants, which he started...he took over as pageant director, attendance...idea to expand the pageants to include younger...Little Miss Mundelein pageant for girls ages 6...Junior Miss Mundelein Pageant for girls ages 11...expanding their pageants to include ...
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 "Gurnee Review (IL)")
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Pageant changes rules
Newspaper article from: Gurnee Review (IL); 4/29/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...last June and the fair pageant was in July, leaving...a more interesting pageant. "It will be motivating." Competing in pageants is a good experience...and said being in pageants has given her more courage...The Lake County Fair pageant includes three categories...
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Miss America Pageant
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the Great Depression caused the pageant to cease between 1929 and 1932...professionalized and popularized the pageant. Where early pageants were considered the path to Hollywood...and stardom, the Miss America Pageant of the 1950s gave queens better...
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Pageant
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...applied to the ‘pageant wagon’...These ‘pageants’ or perambulating...the countryside the pageant soon spread to the theatre...War several patriotic pageants were produced in London...its own history in The Pageant of Drury Lane .
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pageant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...miracle play was performed. The pageant was built on wheels and consisted...masque . The modern form of the pageant came into general use in England...L. N. Parker's Sherborne pageant in England. Pageants include such celebrations as...
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Landry, Ali 1973–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...special, 2001, for The 49th Annual Miss USA Pageant. CREDITS Television Appearances; Series...Miss USA 1996, The 1996 Miss Teen USA Pageant, CBS, 1996. Miss USA 1996, The 1996 Miss USA Pageant, CBS, 1996. The All–American...
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Vincent, Marjorie Judith 1965?–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...x201C;In a riveting pageant where the beauty-queen image...her musical ability in beauty pageants, earning money to pay for...eight local and state beauty pageants; two unsuccessful tries at...woman in 1991 Miss America pageant; first black woman to be crowned...
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