Alabama’s Heather Whitestone McCallum certainly can answer that question, as the 1995 winner of Miss America ... the talent competition and the swimsuit competition, often become first runner ...

"We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance," Gretchen Carlson said of the Miss America competition ... including scrapping the swimsuit portion.

In 1951, the new Miss America winner, Yolande Betbeze, refused to pose for pictures in a swimsuit. Catalina, a swimwear company sponsoring the competition, was upset by her decision — so it ...

The Miss America Pageant and its sponsor ... The three preliminary swimsuit winners gain $500 each. One non-finalist interview winner is awarded $1,000. There are a number of other scholarship ...

PsychGuides.com tracked the evolution of the Miss America winner's body types since the ... 50,000 scholarship competition still emphasizes a bikini-focused swimsuit segment where only the ...