Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition [tr]

ABC News ^ | June 5, 2018 | CATHERINE THORBECKE and KATIE KINDELAN

[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."

[Leaning Right]

They are also getting rid of the evening gown portion of the competition. All of this was bound to happen. But I really don't care, as I haven't watched the show in years. I prefer the female mud wrestling videos on YouTube.

Anyway, I am curious about one thing. In this brave new PC world, if a man self-identifies as a woman, then he is a woman. Will the Miss America folks allow such people to compete? I suppose they will. That would be the logical next step.

[budj]

“...Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition...”

Miss America is scrapping its success!

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Will the Miss America folks allow such people to compete?

Not only compete, but win - "He/she is SO brave and courageous..."

[freedumb2003]

>>They are also getting rid of the evening gown portion of the competition. All of this was bound to happen. But I really don’t care, as I haven’t watched the show in years. <<

The 4 straight guys who still watch will no longer do so. Teh gays might stop watching as they can’t snark if there is no evening gown competitions.

[hattend]

I had no idea this contest was ongoing.

[GreyFriar]

Too many contestants with tattoos and body piercings?

[sevlex]

Does this mean totally nude?

That’s the only way to save that aging show.

[1Old Pro]

So it’s basically another America’s got talent, or American IDOL, or The Voice? Or is it the gong show? UGH

[DungeonMaster]

Great idea because everyone wants to hear women's social and political opinions more than they want to look at them in a swimsuits.

Cosmic x-ray emitting sarcasm off.

[faithhopecharity]

I’ve been hoping for years that they’d ditch the damned swim suits ( they just get in the way)

[Gamecock]

If you stumble, if you hesitate, you can kiss the crown goodbye. Now if I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times - poise counts! It’s just as important as the others. Swimsuit! Evening wear! Talent! POISE!

(And if Miss Texas had just taped her breasts together she wouldn’t have lost points last year!)

[moovova]

“We are no longer a pageant,” Gretchen Carlson, the first former Miss America...”We are a competition.”

Soon to be an Olympic sport.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Hey Grechen, how about a burka competition? Might as well go all the way.

[pepsi_junkie]

This is good news, now there is no part of me that regrets not watching it ever.

[kempster]

You mean we have to start watching it for the talent?

[pepsi_junkie]

So it’s basically another America’s got talent, or American IDOL, or The Voice? Or is it the gong show? UGH

They went all in on PC. It's only a matter of time before they let a man in, and he will win of course. Virtue ... signalled!

[Leaning Right]

> So it’s basically another America’s got talent, or American IDOL, or The Voice? <

That, with loaded political questions thrown in.

Master of Ceremonies: “Miss New York, if you could change one thing about America, what would it be?”
Miss New York: “I’d change the way we choose presidents. Our current system is biased against strong women.”

(loud applause from the audience follows)

[dsrtsage]

It will bae fun to see if the chick in the burka edges out the unshaven italian guy in the thong

[Mr. K]

#whocares

[Yo-Yo]

Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the organization announced Tuesday.

Your new Miss America could be a Susan Boyle.