A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, _______________ largely on the beauty of their physical appearance. The modern beauty pageant can (2) ______________ its origin to the Miss America 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 Miss World competition and Miss Universe, which are the two largest and most famous (4) ______________ beauty contests. Women from around the world (5) _______________ in the competition for these titles. To be selected as Miss World or Miss Universe, a contestant must be (a) _______________ or single. If a Miss World fails to live up to people’s expectations, she may, be (7) ______________. The organizers of the major beauty contests represent their contests (8) _______________ being events of world importance. (9) __________ many other people consider beauty contests to be (10) ________________ entertainment event of no great importance.