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.

For nearly a century, Miss America contestants have strutted onstage and struck poses in increasingly skimpy swimsuits, in a controversial pageant tradition that organizers long defended as a gauge of ...

NEW YORK (WTVD) -- Goodbye beauty, hello brains - the Miss America pageant is getting a makeover. Miss America has decided to cut its swimsuit competition, adding that it will no longer judge ...

One of America's most storied beauty pageants just got a modern update. The swimsuit portion has always been a staple of the competitions, both big and small. But in a society that increasingly ...

Young women competing for the title of Winnebago County Fair Queen will no longer wear swimsuits and walk across the stadium stage and in front of judges as part of the competition. Fair officials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Miss Pakistan, Erica Robin, made a statement during Saturday's Miss Universe pageant. Robin wore a burkini during the pageant's ...

The 72nd Miss Universe competition will be held in El Salvador on Nov. 18, when current Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel will crown her successor. On Nov. 15, the 86 contestants, including Miss USA ...

There was no bathing suit competition and the winner was to be chosen in a form of ballot stuffing by as many votes as her supporters could muster on official ballots available at the then Leader ...

A popular shopping mall in downtown Managua has agreed to cancel its annual kiddie swimsuit competition this weekend following an uproar on Facebook and in traditional media outlets. Plaza Inter, ...

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 ...