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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — 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. But how America views women has changed drastically since then, and the Miss America Organization is […]

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Fresh off of her Olympic gold medal-winning performance at the 2016 Rio Games, Gabby Douglas is going full-speed ahead with her next gig and this one should be full of fun. It was just confirmed that Douglas along with singer Ciara, have both been added to the judges table at the upcoming Miss American pageant. […]

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Ciara is the final member of the celebrity judges panel for the 2017 Miss America competition. The Miss America Organization made the announcement Wednesday. The singer will join Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, musician and actress Laura Marano, NBA team owner and businessman Mark Cuban, actress Sara Foster, singer-songwriter Cole Swindell […]

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The executive chairman of the Miss America pageant has apologized to Vanessa Williams for the way the pageant’s predecessors handled a nude photo flap involving her in 1984. Sam Haskell apologized to Vanessa Williams during Sunday night’s nationally televised Miss America pageant for the way his predecessors handled the controversy […]

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Three decades after she gave up the crown amid a nude photo scandal, Vanessa Williams is returning to the Miss America pageant. The Miss America Organization, Dick Clark Productions and the ABC television network announced Tuesday they are bringing back the award-winning actress and singer to serve as head judge […]

  Cheryl Brown Hollingsworth broke the color line of the long-running Miss America beauty pageant in 1970 by becoming its first African-American contestant. Although she didn’t make the coveted top 10, she helped carve a pathway for women of color from that point on. Born Cheryl Adrienne Brown, the ballet dancer and teen model was […]