No More Swimsuits for Miss America Pageant

Ch Ch Changes for the Miss America pageant.  Contestants won't be wearing swimsuits or evening gowns any longer.

Gretchen Carlson, the 1998 winner of the competition and its new chair  of the board of trustees, announced the changes." The next Miss America competition begins September 9.  Carlson said, "We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward  physical appearance. That's huge. And that means we will no longer have a  swimsuit competition." She added, We want to be open, transparent, and  inclusive to women who may not have been comfortable participating in  our competition before."


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