He dropped out just as the contest started.

比赛刚开始他就退出了。

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"After the contest started, I often got more attention than the other girls. It made me feel strange," Lou said.

娄静(音译)说：“当比赛开始之时，我经常比其他女孩更引人注目。它使我感到非常不舒服。”

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The Miss Magazine contest started in 1982 and has produced many popular youth idols such as Yuki Saito and Saki Takaoka.

美少女大赛从1982年开始举办，捧红了齐藤由贵、高冈早纪等著名青春偶像。

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A few months earlier, the government of President George Washington had started a contest for the best design for the Capitol.

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He started posting videos of his contest performances on YouTube for his friends and family.

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The Bognor Birdman contest started as the International Birdman Rally in Selsey, West Sussex, in 1971.

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The contest started nearly 100 years ago as a sideshow on the notorious boardwalk in Coney Island.

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The contest started nearly a century ago as a sideshow on the notorious boardwalk in Coney Island.

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