A pageant is a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held out of doors and often celebrate events or people from history.
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選美比賽
A pageant or a beauty pageant is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.
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In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.1968年8月，婦女在美國小姐選美大賽舉行了游行示威。