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Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition, will no longer judge on physical appearance (tr)
ABC News ^
| June 5, 2018
| Catherine Thorbecke and Katie Kindelan
Posted on 06/05/2018 6:27:28 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the organization announced Tuesday.
"We are no longer a pageant," Gretchen Carlson, the first former Miss America to be named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, said on "GMA." "We are a competition."
In place of the swimsuit portion of the competition, Miss America contestants will now take part in a live interactive session with the judges, according to the organization.
The contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will be asked to demonstrate their passion, intelligence and overall understanding of the job of Miss America.
The organization is also getting rid of the evening gown portion of the competition and instead asking contestants to wear attire that makes them feel confident, expresses their personal style and shows how they hope to advance the role of Miss America.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: gretchencarlson; metoo; missamerica
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Not a surprise given that this is the #MeToo era.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:27:29 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:28:54 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: EdnaMode
This organization died years ago, just like the Boy Scouts.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:29:00 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: EdnaMode
I guess that the Burka competition will replace it.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:29:36 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: EdnaMode
LOL!
Once again, the progressive Taliban destroys something they don’t like.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:29:52 AM PDT
by
CIB-173RDABN
(US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
To: EdnaMode
Pathetic how far we have fallen.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:30:03 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: Mr. K
#whoCaresAnymore#NothingToSee
#WhyBotherToLook
To: EdnaMode
Feminists ruin everything.
To: EdnaMode
Women mainly watch this to be catty about women in swimsuits.
The program will die on the vine now.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:30:56 AM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: fwdude
To: EdnaMode
Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition, will no longer judge on physical appearance finished.
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:32:05 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: CIB-173RDABN
Interact with the judges:
How do you like the sandwich I made for you??
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:32:08 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:32:20 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
To: EdnaMode
"So there's a chance?"
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:32:22 AM PDT
by
VRWCarea51
(The Original 1998 Version)
To: EdnaMode; vette6387; sheik yerbouty; ZULU; NFHale; JLAGRAYFOX
They can also delete the intellect part too; in fact, delete the entire thing. It’s boring; do us all a favor.
To: EdnaMode
‘not based on appearance.’
I read many lies in the press. That one wins the prize.
You watch- a real woofer will enter and sue for losing based on appearance.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:32:39 AM PDT
by
getitright
(Finally- a president who offers hope!)
To: EdnaMode
This is what communists want.
Nobody is allowed anything nice.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:32:49 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: EdnaMode
Bruce Jenner has already sent in his application.
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:32:56 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: EdnaMode
Gretchen Carlson
Hear me roar baby
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posted on
06/05/2018 6:34:00 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Hanged not hung.)
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