Cover Up, Ladies! Miss America Pageant Cancelled Swimsuit Segment In Favor Of Inclusivity

June 5, 2018

Next Miss America competition will get rid of the swimsuit segment.

The producers of the show want to get away from the classic 'pageant' stamp that the competition has held since its establishment.

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No swimsuit segment would also mean that Miss America will become more inclusive in terms of shapes and sizes of women entering the contest.

According to Gretchen Carlson, Miss America chairwoman, the contest will shift from judging its participant based on their looks:

We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance. That's huge.

Twitter reactions

Public has mixed reactions to the announcement. Some claim Miss America will lose its ratings, and some celebrate the decision in favor of the equality.

No swimming suit segment for Miss America wow goodbye ratings good bye Miss America #MissAmerica
— Rude boy for life (@swaggie21) 5 июня 2018 г.

BREAKING: Miss America scraps swimsuit competition & will now only judge contestants on their brains & charity work, not their beauty. This is not a joke. pic.twitter.com/IVVXaYwDw3
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 5 июня 2018 г.

Miss America is ending the swimsuit part of the competition this year and judging not on outward appearance but on talent and what the contestants have to say. This is amazing.
— Pey 💀 (@peytonhenshaw) 5 июня 2018 г.

No more scantily clad women during the Miss America Pageant ... sounds like great radio.
— Paul Bracken (@PaulBracken61) 5 июня 2018 г.

Miss America will no longer have a swimsuit competition and will no longer call itself a pageant. No swimsuit at this year’s event, even though women will still do swimsuit at state level this year.
— Amanda Coyne (@AmandaCCoyne) 5 июня 2018 г.

It looks like now swimsuit competitions will be integral only in sports, just like it was intended from the start.