Miss America Stopping Swimsuit Round, Says It Will Not Judge Contestants on Physical Appearance

11Changes to be implemented for main competition immediately

Although local and state events won’t be changed as of now, Miss America will see the change being implemented immediately for the national competition in September. The state events will see the changes later and most probably for the next year’s pageant.

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12No more swimsuit round will other pageants follow suit?

Perhaps the only way to see a swimsuit round is to watch reruns of Miss America. Perhaps as Carlson says the competition is evolving to meet the needs of a new generation and different minded society with gender equality and women empowerment. That of course is an essential need of the hour given the prevailing state of affairs regarding women around the world, who knows the Miss Universe and Miss World may soon follow suit.

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13The current Miss America

The existing Miss America who will give up her crown this year is Miss North Dakota Cara Mund who is incidentally the first woman from North Dakota to win the title. She was also first runner up for the “quality of life award”.

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14The last winner of the swimsuit round

What will also be historic is the fact that the last winner of the swimsuit round was Louisiana Laryssa Bonacquisti. This is definitely going to put her in the records of the history of the paegant.

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