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 ...

When you write a weekly column rooted in history and memory, the stories begin to stack up — some fade quickly, others quietly insist on staying with you. As I looked back on this year of “Back Then,” ...

The time when the Miss America pageant meant young women in bikinis and high heels is over. Miss America Board chairwoman Gretchen Carlson, a former pageant winner herself, made the announcement on ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance.