https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/miss-america-scrapping-swimsuit-competition-longer-judge-based/story?id=55638426https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/us/miss-america-swimsuit-trnd/index.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/business/miss-america-swimsuit.html
Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the organization announced Tuesday."We are no longer a pageant," Gretchen Carlson, the first former Miss America to be named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, said on "GMA." "We are a competition."In place of the swimsuit portion of the competition, Miss America contestants will now take part in a live interactive session with the judges, according to the organization.The contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will be asked to demonstrate their passion, intelligence and overall understanding of the job of Miss America.The organization is also getting rid of the evening gown portion of the competition and instead asking contestants to wear attire that makes them feel confident and expresses their personal style. The contestants will also discuss how they will advance their chosen causes, called "social impact initiatives" by the Miss America Organization.
Keep in mind I never really paid attention to any pageant, let alone Miss America. With my limited knowledge, can I ask: what else do they judge? I thought beauty was the whole point of Miss America.
"miss america" was, is, and always will be a stupid concept, beauty pageant or not
op why do you care? were you a fan of the contest or are you just mad about the evil liberals taking your titties away
after reading this, i feel that miss america is more a reflection on what women want to be. formerly it was looks, and now its independence/self-empowerment
yall dumb. it's not like the people on some committee decided it alone. an actual winner of the pageant said "I don't like being judged by my appearance". and u can't even say "cus she's ugly" or somethin cus she's literally won the contest before. punk ass
No she said it to get "progressive" brownie points, media attention and possibly big bucks for being "so brave".Basically Virtue Signalling + Shilling.Virtue Shilling, if you will.
