选美的英文：
a beauty contest

参考例句：

A beauty contest
选美比赛

A beauty competition/contest,ie one in which judges decide on the most beautiful competitor
选美会.

Will you enter for this week's beauty contest?
你要参加这个星期的选美比赛吗？

The Miss America pageant has been held in Atlantic City since1940.
自从1940年起，每年的美国小姐选美比赛都在亚特兰大市举办。

We spotted the winner of the beauty contest the moment she appeared.
她一出现，我们就认准她将在选美比赛中获胜。

It's some freakish garish beauty pageant that has nothing, frankly to do with health and welfare.
它是某种奇特扎眼的选美，坦率地说与健康和福利毫无关系。

In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
1968年8月，妇女在美国小姐选美大赛举行了游行示威。

beauty是什么意思：
n. 美，美丽；美人；典型的例子
adj. 最好的，最妙的，最叫人满意的

And of course, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
当然，我们每个人的审美观都有所不同。

A beautiful view greeted us.
美丽的景色呈现在我们面前。

The beauty of Dunhuang is unique in the world.
敦煌的美在世界上是独一无二的。

Beauty is potent; But money is omnipotent
美丽是有力量的,但金钱更有权威

Beauty is but skin deep.
美的深度仅在皮肤表面而已。

contest是什么意思：
n. 竞赛，比赛；争夺；竞争；竞选；争论，争辩；
v. 与...竞争；争夺；竞争；争辩

contest a statement
对一项声明提出质疑

I challenged him in the contest.
我在竞赛中向他提起挑战。

The seat was successfully contested.
成功地争得席位。

The evenness of the contest is surprising.
争论双方人数平均得令人吃惊。

Who will judge at the speech contest?
演讲比赛谁当裁判？