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Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition [tr]
ABC News ^ | June 5, 2018 | CATHERINE THORBECKE and KATIE KINDELAN

Posted on 06/05/2018 6:40:06 AM PDT by Leaning Right

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."

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: missamerica; swimsuit
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To: Leaning Right

Next: Sports Illustrated replaces swimsuit issue with “Female-identifying Personality and Accomplishment” issue.


101 posted on 06/05/2018 4:12:52 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: hattend

I was going to post that same picture but decided to first scroll through all the replies.


102 posted on 06/05/2018 4:31:46 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Leaning Right

That way men pretending to be women won’t feel out of place displaying their masculine builds. I did see at least one contestant who appeared very mannish, more so than the First Wookie.


103 posted on 06/05/2018 7:05:38 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Cen-Tejas

Gretchen is a disgrace


104 posted on 06/06/2018 10:13:39 AM PDT by nevermorelenore ( I miss Reagan i)
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To: GotMojo

Awesome post !


105 posted on 06/06/2018 10:22:07 AM PDT by nevermorelenore ( I miss Reagan i)
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To: nevermorelenore

.………..and to think I once liked and admired her...……...


106 posted on 06/06/2018 10:52:53 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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