Gretchen Carlson said today the swimsuit portion of the Miss America competition will not happen anymore. Carlson is the chairperson for the organization (she won the Miss America crown in 1989). She ...

Young women are competing for thousands of dollars in scholarships this weekend at the Miss Kansas pageant in Pratt. The competition includes a private interview with a panel of judges, talent, ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance.

The first night of preliminaries in the revamped, swimsuit-less Miss America competition was held Wednesday, with contestants in Atlantic City, N.J., saying the 98-year tradition was "behind us." ...

The Miss America Organization’s decision to eliminate the swimsuit portion of its famous pageant could be the natural outgrowth of an all-female leadership team, or a reflection of the #MeToo era. To ...

And maybe, bye bye to some male viewers who may change the channel now that the Miss America Organization is scrapping both the bathing suit and evening gown competitions, and transforming from a ...

After this year's Miss Louisiana Pageant, which is under way in Monroe, the aspiring young women will no longer appear in revealing bathing suits. In 2018 "contestants will compete in interview, ...

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Miss America is getting rid of its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on their "outward physical appearance," the organization announced Tuesday morning. Moving forward, ...