Wife an American beauty queen? (6)
I believe the answer is:
missus
This clue might be a double definition.
'wife' is the first definition.
(informal term for someone's wife)
'an american beauty queen?' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for missus that I've seen before include "As partner" , "trouble and strife" , "Wife (informal)" , "Dutch American" , "Wife (colloquial)" .)