Robin wore a burkini during the pageant's swimsuit competition. She is the first to represent Pakistan in a Miss Universe pageant in the contest's 72-year run. The 72nd Miss Universe pageant has been ...

For nearly a century, Miss America contestants have strutted onstage and struck poses in increasingly skimpy swimsuits, in a controversial pageant tradition that organizers long defended as a gauge of ...

NEW YORK (WTVD) -- Goodbye beauty, hello brains - the Miss America pageant is getting a makeover. Miss America has decided to cut its swimsuit competition, adding that it will no longer judge ...

After months of controversy within the Miss America organization, executives announced Tuesday that the nearly century-old pageant will no longer judge contestants on their physical appearance.

One of America's most storied beauty pageants just got a modern update. The swimsuit portion has always been a staple of the competitions, both big and small. But in a society that increasingly ...

The 72nd Miss Universe competition will be held in El Salvador on Nov. 18, when current Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel will crown her successor. On Nov. 15, the 86 contestants, including Miss USA ...

The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance. Gretchen Carlson, a former ...

CRISFIELD, Md.- Contestants in the Miss Crustacean Pageant in Crisfield can leave their swimsuits behind this year. The swimsuit competition has been replaced following concerns from the girls about ...

All contestants in a bikini competition in China are older than 55. The organizers of the contest want people to know getting older is no big deal. China has one of the fastest-growing elderly ...

The end of summer is in sight and so is the unofficial end of swimsuit season. For one last hurrah, the residents at Bradley Creek Health Center decided to strut their stuff in a friendly swimsuit ...

For the first time in nearly a century, Miss America contestants will not strut onstage in swimsuits this year, the organizers announced on Tuesday, as the pageant tries to redefine its role in an era ...