After being postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 69th annual Miss Universe competition is back on. On Friday, May 14, two days before the delayed 2020 ceremony, the 74 contestants ...

After several days of painstaking preparation, muted promotion (including tours of the National Civil Rights Museum and Elvis' home) and coronavirus caution,102 pageant queens on Friday night doffed ...

Empowering or denigrating? The swimsuit competition of the Miss America pageant has long been a major point of contention. It has been five years since the Miss America pageant did away with the ...

The organization is overhauling its competition in a post-#MeToo world. Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the ...