pageant

「〔多くの参加者が登場する〕ショー、公演」

a beauty pageantは「美人コンテスト」のこと。

The Guardianの記事、'A pageant for the over 60s' by Simon Hattenstoneから。

'It's known as the first of its kind. The Ms Senior America pageant was created in 1972 to challenge a culture that worshipped youth and dreaded wrinkles. The pageant would embrace the experience, wisdom, dynamism and beauty of the older woman – even if a few had been surgically assisted to escape the ravages of time.

Last October, 61-year-old dentist Kimberly Moore won the pageant with a lip-pouting, hip-wiggling mime of Tina Turner's Proud Mary routine. Runner-up, Dr Maddy Paschal, sang country song I'd Choose You Again, with a poem she wrote for her husband inserted into the middle. Meanwhile, Marilyn O'Leary, 62 delivered a one-woman duet from La Traviata. Talent was only one of the categories they were judged on – there was also their philosophy of life, community service and poise.'