The time when the Miss America pageant meant young women in bikinis and high heels is over. Miss America Board chairwoman Gretchen Carlson, a former pageant winner herself, made the announcement on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.