One of America’s top beauty pageants has axed its swimsuit competition, ditching bikinis for sportswear to fend off years of complaints that teenagers parading in bikinis is sexist and demeaning.
Miss Teen USA, open to women aged 14 to 19, said on its website that “in a society that increasingly prioritises feminism and equality, watching women parade across a stage in bikinis can feel outdated.”
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