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 ...

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 ...

Miss Portugal Marina Machete walks the ramp during the preliminary swimsuit competition at the 72nd Miss Universe pageant in ...

The organization is overhauling its competition in a post-#MeToo world. Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance. Gretchen Carlson, a former ...

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 ...

One of America's highest-profile beauty pageants just traded bikinis for athleisure. In recent years, competitions have increasingly modernized, featuring women that break the mold of the traditional ...

There will be a new athletic wear portion instead. — -- The Miss Universe organization has decided this week to replace the swimsuit competition in the Miss Teen USA pageant with athletic wear.