Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Empowering or denigrating? The swimsuit competition of the Miss America pageant has long been a major point of contention. It has ...

After months of controversy within the Miss America organization, executives announced Tuesday that the nearly century-old pageant will no longer judge contestants on their physical appearance.

Miss World pageant ditches the bikini round. — -- Since 1951, the Miss World pageant has been featuring over 120 contestants competing for one title and a crown. Now, for the first time in 63 ...

Meet Miss America 2.0. Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and current chair of the board of trustees of the Miss America Organization, announced radical new changes during an interview with ...

Miss Teen USA has officially removed the swimsuit portion of its pageant and replaced it with an athletic wear competition. The new approach, first reported by USA Today, aims to break away from ...

Robin wore a burkini during the pageant's swimsuit competition. She is the first to represent Pakistan in a Miss Universe pageant in the contest's 72-year run. The 72nd Miss Universe pageant has been ...

It all began when I became obsessed with a photo I saw on the Facebook page of a writer I knew. She was backstage at a bikini competition in heels and a sparkly bikini, and she held a trophy high ...

For the first time in nearly a century, Miss America contestants will not strut onstage in swimsuits this year, the organizers announced on Tuesday, as the pageant tries to redefine its role in an era ...

With shooting fireworks and flaming hoops, male contestants in the 1994 Eenie Weenie Bikini Contest at Copper Mountain Resort took the competition to extremes that will more than likely change the ...

Do you miss the swimsuit competition at the Miss Alabama pageant and think it should return? Or are you glad the organization nixed swimsuits in 2019, to accord with changes made by Miss America? Vote ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This swimsuit was worn by Beatrice ...