Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Empowering or denigrating? The swimsuit competition of the Miss America pageant has long been a major point of contention. It has ...

A new behind-the-scenes book, “There She Was,” and a Smithsonian collecting initiative celebrate the pageant’s centennial The author of a penetrating new book, documenting the multi-layered ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Miss America ...

The first woman to win the Miss America crown without having to don a swimsuit says she’s glad she didn’t have to. Nia Imani Franklin, who won the title Sunday night in Atlantic City while competing ...

It has been five years since the Miss America pageant did away with the swimsuit competition, but after Monday’s episode of Secrets of Miss America, it’s clear that the debate still rages among former ...