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Others say that there's a fine line between the pageants and sexual exploitation.

其他人说，选美和性剥削之间只有非常细微的界线。

To her embarrassment she was regularly elected queen of various school pageants and dances, even when she refused to compete for the titles.

尴尬的是，她经常被各种学校的庆典和舞会选为皇后，即使拒绝争夺冠军的名号。

In the beginning, beauty pageants were just modeling competitions, looking for beautiful girls.

起初，选美比赛仅仅只是模特比赛，被用来发现漂亮的女孩。

barge: A large, open pleasure boat used for parties, pageants, or formal ceremonies.

大型、敞篷的游船，用于聚会、露天表演或正式仪式

There he created settings and costumes for court pageants, painted the Last Supper and designed military fortifications.

他的工作是为宫廷庆典活动设计背景与服装，这期间，他完成了《最后的晚餐》，并设计了一些军事防御工事。

Buddha, for women to dress in Buddhist style, and for setting up feasts and pageants to follow Buddha's birth date.

第四，在生活习俗上，生子取名用佛号、妇女化妆用佛装（妆）、节日庆典遵佛诞等成为时尚。

Beauty pageants may be more of a triathlon than a real triathlon.

选美比赛比真正的三项全能比赛还要更三项全能。

Suggested answer: Miss Universe is one of the most famous beauty pageants in the world.

参考答案：环球小姐是世界上最著名的选美活动之一。

The Miss Jakarta Fair 2010 competition is similar to other beauty pageants, evaluating the brain, beauty and behavior of each participant.

2010年雅加达博览会小姐选拔类似于其他选美比赛，评估智力、美貌和每个参赛者的行为表现。

Breeders in the US are giving cows "boob jobs" to help them win bovine beauty pageants .

在美国，一些农场为了让自己的奶牛在“牛选美”中获胜，竟花尽心思。

The Miss Universe Pageant, like most pageants, does not formally call itself a "beauty" pageant.

环球小姐的活动，正如大多数的活动一样，并不正式称呼自己为一个“选美”活动。

The article slammed beauty pageants as objectifying women and received widespread support from readers.

这篇文章猛烈抨击了选美比赛，认为这是在物化女性，此举得到了读者的广泛支持。

Local governments, which see beauty pageants as a way to boost tourism and national prestige, have fed the boom.

方政府视选美比赛为一种提升当地旅游业和城市国际声望的手段，这促进了选美的繁荣。

"They permit beauty pageants but ban recitals of the Koran, " moans a Liberation Party leader.

“他们允许选美比赛，但可兰经禁止演出，”解放党的领袖悲叹道。

Classified by age, what are the pageants Miss Taiwan Foundation present?

若以年龄来分类，请问台湾小姐基金会举办多少种选美活动？

Parents claim that the pageants make their children happy, and teach them self-confidence.

父母们宣称，选美让他们的孩子快乐，并教给他们自信。

Some groups put on Christmas pageants, which may or may not include a retelling of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ.

一些团体举行圣诞节庆典的时候，或者会，或者不会重讲耶稣基督出生的故事。

Jordan's ancient city of Petra staged folk dances and pageants to highlight its charms.

约旦古城佩特拉（Petra）也将民间舞蹈和盛装表演搬上了舞台，藉以凸显其迷人的魅力。

Lisa is a professional model and has appeared in many beauty pageants.

丽莎是位职业模特儿，参加过许多选美比赛。

Child beauty pageants are now on the rise in China, with New Silk Road holding modeling contests for not only young girls, but boys as well.

儿童选美比赛在中国增多，新丝路模特大赛为小女孩和小男孩设立比赛项目。