OFICIAL: Eliminan la Competencia en Trajes de Baño en el Miss America!

[Boise PR]

(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."

The official Miss America Twitter account tweeted a short video of a white bikini going up in a puff of smoke with the hashtag #byebyebikini.

In place of the swimsuit contest, the contestants will take part in a live interactive session with the judges, according to a statement from the Miss America Organization, "where she will highlight her achievements and goals in life and how she will use her talents, passion, and ambition to perform the job of Miss America."

It's not the only change coming

But the elimination of swimsuits isn't the only change coming to the 97-year-old event. The evening gown competition is being revamped as well. Carlson said contestants will now be able to wear "whatever they choose."

Contestants will also discuss how they would advance their social-impact initiatives during this part of the contest. The talent portion of the competition will remain.

The rise of the #MeToo movement is powering the changes, Carlson said.

"We're experiencing a cultural revolution in our country with women finding the courage to stand up and have their voices heard on many issues,"she said in the statement. "Miss America is proud to evolve as an organization and join this empowerment movement."

Some changes to the pageant's format had been expected since the Miss America organization is now being led entirely by women for the first time.

Just last month Regina Hopper was appointed president and CEO of the Miss America Organization, and Marjorie Vincent-Tripp was named as chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Foundation. They joined Carlson, who was named chairwoman in December.

The trio takes over for the leaders of the Miss America Organization who resigned in December after the Huffington Post revealed that leaders and employees had sent emails disparaging pageant contestants, including references to their weight and sex lives.

A new era for the organization

In the statement announcing the new leaders, Miss America said the all-female team signaled a new era for the organization, best known for its widely televised pageants.

In another first, all three leaders are former pageant winners in the Miss America system.

Hopper, former CEO of Intelligent Transportation Society of America, was Miss Arkansas 1983. Vincent-Tripp, an assistant attorney general at the Florida Office of the Attorney General, was Miss America 1991. Finally, Gretchen Carlson, the advocate and former Fox News host, was Miss America 1989.

The next Miss America competition is September 9 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

[Boise PR]

Honestamente, no entiendo de dónde nace esta idea de que "para ser inclusivos con todos los tipos de cuerpos no podemos poner a las candidatas a modelar en trajes de baño"... Me parece una total ridiculez!

Será que una mujer plus nunca se ha puesto un bikini? En todo caso esto lo que hace es reforzar lo que tanto llevan combatiendo las mujeres: Que el valor de una mujer lo determina lo que lleva puesto o cómo se vista.

 

Ahora es la oportunidad del Miss USA para pasarle el rolo y acabarlo...

[Carlostone]

Guayyyy por fin se moderniza este templete. 

[Davok]

Bueno igual nadie lo veía...

[Luisda]

¿Sera que IMG llevara al MU por esos rumbos?

Ese concurso solo es popular en Usa. Me importa poco.

[Carlostone]

hace 10 minutos, Davok dijo:

Bueno igual nadie lo veía...

No lo verán las locas como tu, el Miss América se arrastra en rating año a año al Miss USA y MU. 

[Davok]

hace 14 minutos, Carlostone dijo:

No lo verán las locas como tu, el Miss América se arrastra en rating año a año al Miss USA y MU. 

Que es más facil que vea una reinado? Una loka o una no loka? 

[Regiostyle]

hace 2 horas, Davok dijo:

Que es más facil que vea una reinado? Una loka o una no loka? 

Reza apestosa porque eso no ocurra en miss universo, recordemos que una kuka mostrada en publico les clasifico al top 15;  sin contar las kukas ofrecidas a puerta cerrada!!!  

[Carlostone]

hace 17 minutos, Regiostyle dijo:

Reza apestosa porque eso no ocurra en miss universo, recordemos que una kuka mostrada en publico les clasifico al top 15;  sin contar las kukas ofrecidas a puerta cerrada!!!  

 

[Andres_ac]

El Miss América es el concurso más visto por los gringos, supongo que de ahí sacó IMG la idea de las historias de vida y personalidad y etc.

En fin, siempre me ha parecido un concurso desenfocado y con ganadoras feas. Ahora ya no es un 'beauty pageant' oficialmente, en realidad ya no lo era.

[Edgar Botero]

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