Empowering or denigrating? The swimsuit competition of the Miss America pageant has long been a major point of contention. It has been five years since the Miss America pageant did away with the ...

The Miss America pageant is re-branding itself as competition in which judges will now evaluate candidates based on their brains rather than their brawn. Gretchen Carlson, who chairs the ...

For the first time in nearly a century, Miss America contestants will not strut onstage in swimsuits this year, the organizers announced on Tuesday, as the pageant tries to redefine its role in an era ...

The organization is overhauling its competition in a post-#MeToo world. Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the ...

LAS VEGAS — Four hundred fit women in swimsuits ranging in age from 18-56, now that is a picture of dedication and commitment. That was the view from the pool balcony at the Golden Nugget two weeks ...

It has been five years since the Miss America pageant did away with the swimsuit competition, but after Monday’s episode of Secrets of Miss America, it’s clear that the debate still rages among former ...

For nearly a century, Miss America contestants have strutted onstage and struck poses in increasingly skimpy swimsuits, in a controversial pageant tradition that organizers long defended as a gauge of ...