The Miss America Pageant has long protested (we think she doth protest too much) that it is not a beauty pageant, but rather a scholarship competition.

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It is not a plan for those whose priority is preserving beauty, or for those who fear the endless encroachment of suburbia.

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But as much as experts like to argue about tactics, women's soccer is not a chess match or a beauty contest.

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There is a real risk these areas of beauty could soon be a thing of the past and it is not just Lancashire's wildlife under threat.

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Apple is a refiner, not an innovator, and the beauty of its devices is in how well they pull together the available functions and features.

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Unless there is a color additive, the FDA does not require ingredients in beauty aids to be approved before going on the market.

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In a famous analogy, the economist John Maynard Keynes once likened the stock market to a beauty contest in which the object is to vote not for the prettiest face but for the face that the majority of voters will consider the prettiest.

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The RMB is not a free floating currency like the Brazilian real or the euro, but the beauty behind buying the Chinese currency is that the government has said that it will appreciate the currency each year.

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With living in a culture that has portrayed one or few standards of beauty that is not reflective of our divisive society, this is sensitive issue within my culture.

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"The decision to include transgender women in our beauty competitions is a result of our ongoing discussions with GLAAD and not Jenna's legal representation, which if anything delayed the process, " Shugart said.

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