NEW ORLEANS – As Miss Louisiana 2017 wraps up her reign, she gave her thoughts on the Miss America competition’s decision to drop the swimsuit portion of the pageant. Earlier this week, the Miss ...
A separate competition, Miss America, is ending its swimsuit competition. Shortly after Miss America made headlines with a bombshell announcement that it's scrapping its swimsuit competition, the ...
After this year's Miss Louisiana Pageant, which is under way in Monroe, the aspiring young women will no longer appear in revealing bathing suits. In 2018 "contestants will compete in interview, ...
In 1951, Yolande Betbeze Fox roiled the Miss America Organization when, after winning the pageant, she refused to model a new line of bathing suits made by one of the organization’s chief sponsors, ...
It has been five years since the Miss America pageant did away with the swimsuit competition, but after Monday’s episode of Secrets of Miss America, it’s clear that the debate still rages among former ...
When Miss America announced in June that it would no longer include swimsuit and evening gown competitions in its annual pageant, the organization’s leaders promoted the decision as a sign of progress ...
The Miss America Organization (MAO) has issued an apology after a quote included in its recent scholarship announcement sparked backlash. On Monday, organizers for the pageant — which has rebranded ...
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 ...