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Miss America is leaving Atlantic City for the second time, trading one casino town for another in a move that caps a whirlwind of change at the nearly century-old pageant.
When Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA crown, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant that for the first time, three black women are the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America.
A former board member and four states are suing the group and its top leaders, claiming "an illegal and bad-faith takeover" of the pageant.
The Miss America ceremony subtracted the swimsuit competition for the first time in its 98-year history, and subtracted one million television viewers, too.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The first woman to win the Miss America crown without having to don a swimsuit...
The swimsuit competition has been replaced by interviews which have elicited remarks from contestants on Trump and NFL player protests.
A contestant in the Miss America pageant says President Trump "has caused a lot of division" in the nation.
The reigning Miss America says she has been bullied, manipulated and silenced by the pageant's current leadership, including Gretchen Carlson.
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -— Former Miss America winners and state pageant officials are split over the leadership and direction...
When the Miss America pageant started in 1921, having young women parade around in bathing suits seemed like a great way to get tourists to come to the Atlantic City Boardwalk after Labor Day.
