7 Interesting Things You Never Knew About Beauty Pageants

In Miss America, bikinis have been both required and banned

Each pageant holds different rules on whether women have to wear a bikini or not, but the revealing swimwear has certainly had its highs and lows in the pageant world. In 1947, Miss America contestants were required to wear matching two-piece swimsuits. Then, in 1948, bikinis were banned.

It wasn’t until 1997 that Miss America allowed contestants to wear two-piece swimsuits again. And just over 20 years later, in 2018, Miss America announced they would end the swimsuit portion altogether.

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