The #MeToo movement has claimed another victim: The Miss America Pageant's “Lifestyle and Fitness” competition, better known as the swimsuit contest. But don't get too excited. It's not the ...

In fact, though Miss America started specifically as a swimsuit competition, that format was then considered by some to be liberating for participants.

How the Swimsuit Showdown Shaped the Miss America Contest A new behind-the-scenes book, “There She Was,” and a Smithsonian collecting initiative celebrate the pageant’s centennial ...

So the swimsuit competition will not be missed, and Miss America is helping to lead the way. The organization has already produced two former Miss Americas-turned-candidates, ...

Organizers of The Miss America contest will end the swimsuit part of the competition and instead focus on talent and personality. Regina Hopper, president and CEO of the Miss America organization ...

Here's everything you need to know about bikini competition training—what the show is like, how people train, whether it's safe for you, and what real bikini competitors have to say about them.

At the Jersey Shore, bikini contests are normally associated with fun-loving places, such as Belmar. Let’s face it: you’re not going to find a bikini contest in Ocean Grove or Spring Lake.

Formal calls to excise the swimsuit competition have been around since the '90s in the Miss America world, says Hilary Levey Friedman, a pageant expert and professor at Brown University. Her ...

People have been protesting the Miss America pageant, and the swimsuit competition specifically, since the 1960s. And maybe, if the organization had made the change back then, it would have helped.

The swimsuit competition was ALWAYS my least favorite part of competing in pageants. Emily Slawek I did work out especially hard for the bikini portion , but I've always had hips regardless of my ...

Recently, the Miss World competition decided to cancel the swimsuit portion of its competition. Since the competition began in 1951, girls have gotten in their skivvies to compete for the crown.

Miss America Eliminates Swimsuit Competition: 'We Are No Longer a Pageant' "We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance," Gretchen Carlson said of the Miss America ...