Miss America is scrapping the swimsuit portion from its pageant

[kpete]

(CNN)The next edition of the Miss America pageant will scrap swimsuits and will be more inclusive to women of all sizes, the contest announced Tuesday.

Gretchen Carlson, the chairwoman of the Miss America board of directors, announced on "Good Morning America" that the event will no longer feature a swimsuit portion.

Miss America will be a competition, not a pageant, Carlson said on the show Tuesday.

"We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance. That's huge," she said.
Carlson also said the new Miss America competition will be more inclusive to women of "all shapes and sizes."



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[lapfog_1]

1. just eliminating the swimsuit competition

does not mean that candidates will not be judged on their outward physical appearance.

If they wanted to do this for real... nobody would have to show up for a "pageant"... they would send their responses for the "essay questions" by email with no photos.

[rurallib]

4. just what I was thinking

sure sounds good though.

[Awsi Dooger]

2. Boo

Unfair to Kimberley Jade

[samir.g]

3. Good

This unfairly eliminated Muslim competition.