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Internet Historian NetHistorian 20h So they're just going nude then? Bold strategy Miss America is scrapping the swimsuit portion from its pageant By Doug Criss and Carma Hassan, CNN Updatad 10:50 AMET, Tue June 5, 201 t 206 1.8K E
David Burge @iowahawkblog Well I guess they can move it to radio now The Daily Beast@thedailybeast BREAKING: Miss America scraps swimsuit competition: "We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance" thebea.st/2JcMusn 6/5/18, 8:18 AM
"In a historical context, the “cultural revolution” refers to a socio-political movement undertaken by Chairman Mao and the Communist Party of China from 1966-1976. The goal of the cultural revolution was to purge society of its “traditional” elements in order to entrench the cult of Maoism as the dominant ideology ruling society. In practice, this led to the persecution of millions of people across the country, abuse that included mass torture, public humiliation and public execution. While no one is suggesting that Gretchen Carlson was referring to this period of history, her choice of the phrase “cultural revolution” is interesting nonetheless. It suggests that the decision to ban Miss America’s swimsuit contest and to no longer judge contestants on their personal appearance is not just a clichéd nod to corporate feminism, but part of the wider culture war."
Piers Morgan @piersmorgan *NEW Nobody watches Miss America to see ugly, 250lb contestants talking about world peace. Since when did celebrating beauty become offensive? My column: dailym.ai/2JcE6ZS
Joe Rogan@joerogan 2h LOL WUT Miss America eliminates swimsuit competition and won't judge cont... "We are no longer a pageant," said board chairman Gretchen Carlson. washingtonpost.com Joe Rogan @joerogan Following Is this peak snowflake?
Kristen Soltis Anderson @KSoltisAnderson Me, watching conservative dudes in my timeline snarking about the Miss America pageant dropping the swimsuit competition, because "bikinis to own the libs" or something. GIF
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Overview

Miss America Swimsuit Competition Removal refers to an announcement that the Miss America beauty pageant would be rebranding from a pageant to a "competition," removing judgements based on physical appearance including the controversial swimsuit competition.

Background

On January 5th, 2018, Gretchen Carlson, the chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss American Organization, appeared on the morning talk show GMA, during which she announced that the swimsuit portion of the competition would be discontinued as the competition abandons judgements of contestants based on physical appearance (shown below).

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Online Reaction

That day, a Twitter Moments[4] page titled "Miss America will no longer have a swimsuit competition" was published, highlighting notable reactions to the announcement. Meanwhile, several posts about the news reached the front page of the /r/news,[1] /r/The_Donald[2] and /r/Feminism[3] subreddits. Also on Twitter, some criticized the announcement while others defended the decision (shown below).

Alexandra Petri @petridishes oh no if Miss America drops the swimsuit portion then women will only be judged harshly on their appearance every time they post anything online
Kristen Soltis Anderson @KSoltisAnderson Me, watching conservative dudes in my timeline snarking about the Miss America pageant dropping the swimsuit competition, because "bikinis to own the libs" or something. GIF
Piers Morgan @piersmorgan *NEW Nobody watches Miss America to see ugly, 250lb contestants talking about world peace. Since when did celebrating beauty become offensive? My column: dailym.ai/2JcE6ZS
Joe Rogan@joerogan 2h LOL WUT Miss America eliminates swimsuit competition and won't judge cont... "We are no longer a pageant," said board chairman Gretchen Carlson. washingtonpost.com Joe Rogan @joerogan Following Is this peak snowflake?

News Media Coverage

That day, the announcement was discussed on the talk show The View (shown below, left). Meanwhile, ABC News aired a segment on the changes to the competition (shown below, right).

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[1] Reddit – /r/news

[2] Reddit – /r/The_Donald

[3] Reddit – /r/Feminism

[4] Twitter Moments – Miss America will no longer have a swimsuit competition

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Overview

Miss America Swimsuit Competition Removal refers to an announcement that the Miss America beauty pageant would be rebranding from a pageant to a "competition," removing judgements based on physical appearance including the controversial swimsuit competition.

Background

On January 5th, 2018, Gretchen Carlson, the chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss American Organization, appeared on the morning talk show GMA, during which she announced that the swimsuit portion of the competition would be discontinued as the competition abandons judgements of contestants based on physical appearance (shown below).



Developments

Online Reaction

That day, a Twitter Moments[4] page titled "Miss America will no longer have a swimsuit competition" was published, highlighting notable reactions to the announcement. Meanwhile, several posts about the news reached the front page of the /r/news,[1] /r/The_Donald[2] and /r/Feminism[3] subreddits. Also on Twitter, some criticized the announcement while others defended the decision (shown below).


Alexandra Petri @petridishes oh no if Miss America drops the swimsuit portion then women will only be judged harshly on their appearance every time they post anything online Kristen Soltis Anderson @KSoltisAnderson Me, watching conservative dudes in my timeline snarking about the Miss America pageant dropping the swimsuit competition, because "bikinis to own the libs" or something. GIF Piers Morgan @piersmorgan *NEW Nobody watches Miss America to see ugly, 250lb contestants talking about world peace. Since when did celebrating beauty become offensive? My column: dailym.ai/2JcE6ZS Joe Rogan@joerogan 2h LOL WUT Miss America eliminates swimsuit competition and won't judge cont... "We are no longer a pageant," said board chairman Gretchen Carlson. washingtonpost.com Joe Rogan @joerogan Following Is this peak snowflake?

News Media Coverage

That day, the announcement was discussed on the talk show The View (shown below, left). Meanwhile, ABC News aired a segment on the changes to the competition (shown below, right).


[This video has been removed]


Search Interest

External References

[1] Reddit – /r/news

[2] Reddit – /r/The_Donald

[3] Reddit – /r/Feminism

[4] Twitter Moments – Miss America will no longer have a swimsuit competition

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