You wait so long for swim season to arrive—or, at the very least, to be able to go somewhere that requires a swimsuit. You spend so much time scouring the market for that perfect one-piece or bikini. And yet, most likely, you’ll only end up wearing it a handful of times this summer. More and…
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It’s a new day for the Miss America pageant. The 97-year-old entity recently announced plans to nix the swimsuit competition, a move widely viewed as a pivot toward modernization in a post-#MeToo world. Still, one person’s progress may be another person’s skepticism. Following the big announcement, responses were predictably mixed: Some said scrapping the swimsuits…
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In a move meant to modernize in the era of #MeToo, the Miss America pageant will no longer include a swimsuit competition. The organization’s new Board of Trustees chairwoman, former Fox News anchor and Miss America 1989, Gretchen Carlson appeared on Good Morning America to make the big announcement. (Carlson took charge of Miss American…
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