A. CHARACTER B. COMMUNITY C. PERSONNEL D. INDIVIDUAL A BEAUTY CONT...

10.A. character B. community C. personnel D. individual

A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, (1) _______ largely on thebeauty of their physical appearance. The modern beauty pageant can (2) _______ its origin to the MissAmerica pageant, first held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1921, under the title ‘Inter-City Beauty' contest.The following year the title was (3) _______ as Miss America. Other contests include the yearly MissWorld competition and Miss Universe, which are the two largest and most famous (4) _______ beautycontests. Women from around the world (5) _______ in the competition for these titles. To be selected asMiss World or Miss Universe, a contestant must be (6) _______ or single. If a Miss World fails to live up topeople's expectations, she may, be (7) _______. The organizers of the major beauty contests represent theircontests (8) _______ being events of world importance. (9) _______ many other people consider beautycontests to be (10) _______ entertainment event of no great importance.