Some pageants now have fitness competitions instead of bathing suit struts. ... Watch Miss New Jersey and the 51 other contestants compete at the 2017 Miss America pageant at 9 p.m. on Sunday, ...

On Sunday night, 51 women competed for the title of "Miss America 2019" in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This year, the show incorporated several changes and didn't included a swimsuit competition.

Miss New Jersey's views stand in opposition to not only the new orientation of the pageant, but also one Miss America whose bathing suit protest shaped pageant history. Yolande Betbeze, Miss ...

Miss North Dakota Cara Mund is congratulated by contestants after being named Miss America during Miss America 2018 pageant, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray) ...

In 1951, Yolande Betbeze Fox roiled the Miss America Organization when, after winning the pageant, she refused to model a new line of bathing suits made by one of the ...

The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance.

The next Miss America will be crowned during Sunday night's nationally televised finale, airing at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Whoever wins will succeed current crown holder Nina Davuluri of New York . CBS/AP ...

Miss Tennessee 2017 Caty Davis participates in the Swimsuit challenge during the 2018 Miss America Competition Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena, Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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

Miss Georgia 2017, Alyssa Beasley, participates in a swimsuit competitions during Miss America 2018 at Boardwalk Hall Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 7, 2017.

“I thought I’d done something wrong,” recalls Shopp, who was an 18-year-old farmgirl and vibraphone player when she arrived in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as Miss Minnesota.