Her victory vindicated China's decision to lift its ban on beauty contests, and pay the organisers of the competition to be allowed to host it for four of the past five years.

While noting that the popularity of beauty contests has been rising ( China's Yu Wenxia won the Miss World pageant over the weekend), the editorial argues that in this case things seem to have gone a bit too far.'

文章一方面提到选美比赛日益盛行（中国的于文霞在上周末世界小姐选美大赛中夺冠），一方面认为这次奶牛选美搞得太过火。

All supermodels become famous through beauty contests, so we all wanted to take our chances.

所有的超级名模都是通过选美比赛而成名的，所以我们都想把握机会。

All the beauty contests are for slim girls only.

所有的选美比赛都只为苗条的女孩敞开大门。

The word'Jumbo'isn't often related to beauty contests.

“巨型”这个词通常不会与选美比赛联系到一起。

Parinya Jaroenphon, 29, a former man and Thai boxing champion, has worked as a model and won a queen title in beauty contests since he became a woman by surgery in1999, xinhuanet reported.

据新华网报道，泰国29岁的前泰拳拳王巴里亚·乍龙蓬于1999年实行变性手术后成为一名女模特，还获得过选美比赛的皇后头衔。

Susan: Well, fine. I won't enter it in any kidney beauty contests.

苏珊：好吧，我不会带它去参加什么肾选美大赛的。

Most people agree that the business of beauty contests began in America.

很多人认同选美的商业活动始于美国。

She's won a lot of beauty contests.

她在许多选美大赛中获胜。

And boyfriend Arin Andrews, 16, was born a girl called Emerald who excelled at ballet dancing and won beauty contests.

她的男朋友阿瑞安德鲁斯今年16岁，之前是女孩名叫艾莫瑞德，擅长跳芭蕾，还曾赢得过选美比赛。

For all you know, her kid could end up winning beauty contests.

这孩子说不定将来能拿选美冠军。

Smale responded by giving up her title and taking a hiatus from beauty contests, and has pledged to use her experience to combat body shaming.

瑞伊退出了选美比赛，放弃了冠军头衔，还以身作则对抗形体歧视。

Going in for the beauty contests at this level is not all cakes and ale. we've a lot to think about.

参加这类水平的选美比赛并不是一种享受，我们有许多东西需要考虑。

School boards must then decide how to spend the money they receive.

学区董事会会决定如何使用他们收到的钱。

Parents can request that their local school boards require all food and beverages served or sold at school to meet accepted nutritional standards.

家长可题要求当地的学校委员会命令所有的学校内售出的食品和饮料达到公认的营养标准。

The study commission by the National School Boards Association and the Center for Public Education provides this profile of a typical American teenager would not immediately go on the college.

美国全国学校董事会协会公众教育中心的研究委员会提供的文件表明，典型的美国青年人不会在高中毕业后立即进入大学。

Open education policy: Third, governments, school boards, colleges and universities should make open education a high priority.

开放教育政策：第三，政府、学校理事会、学院和大学应当使开放教育具有更高优先权。

In Wisconsin, two state legislators want to require school boards to designate restrooms as exclusive to one gender, and gender is defined as the "physical condition of being male or female." ( In neighboring Minnesota, the Democratic-led State Senate defeated a similar bill.)

在威斯康星州，两位州立法委员想要求校委会规定卫生间仅供某一种性别的人使用，性别标准根据“身体性征”界定（在旁边的明尼苏达州，以民主党为主的州参议院否决了类似的提案）。

And since then, we have seen what's possible when reform isn't just a top-down mandate, but the work of local teachers and principals; school boards and communities.

到时，我们会看到可能改革不只是从上到下的命令，而是当地教师的工作和行为准则，学校推广宣传和运行。

Americans pay taxes to a state as well as to the federal government, the state government and local school boards provide money for public education.

美国人要向州政府和联邦政府交税，州政府和当地的学校董事会则为公立学校出费用。

Ann Bryant is executive director of the National School Boards Association.

Ann Bryant是全国学校董事会协会（National School Boards Association）执行主任。