Miss America Says Farewell To Its Swimsuit Competition !!

[pectacon]

I never watched anyway, but even as a woman I'm more leaning towards: let them do what they want, if you don't like it, change the channel. We all have known what a miss America pageant entails for years. Is it really that sexist? These women are not being forced to participate. Go start your own Intelligence Pageant if you have a problem with it.

[alice44]

Good Move.  Lets pay more attention to the mind and heart than the body

[bigfoot951]

This sounds like a joke to me.  I have never paid any attention to it anyway, but I wonder how they react when their ratings tank.  I'm sure they think this is a good public relations move and they will make more money by doing this.  I just see it backfiring in a big way.

[MichelleHW101]

It's funny because the Swimsuit competition was the most famous competition in Miss America.  Honestly, I think most people watched for that.  Historically speaking, Miss America was founded as a contest for bathing beauties of the Roaring Twenties. 

The thing is, there is a scandal going on surrounding this because apparently, Gretchen Carlson, who just took over as chair, in the wake of the #MeToo movement decided to dump the Swimsuit competition without notifying the other board members.  Depending on your source, the board members agreed, but they now question Ms Carlson's leadership and there is a rift now within the members.  Not a good sign for the outcome of the 'Beauty' Pageant since the theme has shifted from physical beauty to internal beauty.