A new behind-the-scenes book, “There She Was,” and a Smithsonian collecting initiative celebrate the pageant’s centennial The author of a penetrating new book, documenting the multi-layered ...

When the Miss America Competition returns to television in September, there will be nary a bikini in sight. As Catherine Thorbecke and Katie Kindelan report for ABC News, the Miss America Organization ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Miss America pageant is dropping the swimsuit competition, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance. The competition began nearly 100 years ago in ...

Miss North Dakota Cara Mund is congratulated by contestants after being named Miss America during Miss America 2018 pageant, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray) ...

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Rain or shine, the Galveston Bathing Beauties Contest highlights the Galveston Island Beach Revue weekend. Forty contestants competed in vintage and vintage-inspired swimwear.

Bathing Suit Contest!, or the Inherent Comedy of the Human Sexual Response Like a sculptor carves a piece of marble to find the statue hidden within, so too has Found Footage edited a bathing suit ...