pageant
A fancy show where people dress up like they’re in a history book, but they’re really just trying to win a trophy and get a bunch of stupid prizes.
My cousin entered a pageant and cried when she didn’t win the ‘Most Likely to Be a Princess’ award.
My neighbor’s kid wore a crown and a tutu to a pageant and got a gold star for ‘Most Dramatic’.
I watched a pageant for two hours and I still don’t know what the hell it was about.