Has The Time Come To Discontinue The Miss America Pageant?

It's time to end it. We need to focus on other traits and not on body and looks. America has to quit fixating on appearance and see beyond.

It's all about politically correct issues now a days, everyone is beautiful and so forth. I think it should be how it used to be, based on beauty. I'm sorry if that would offend but there are plenty of other competitions for other gifts and traits. I actually enjoy the beautiful women. I'm not offended that someone received better "looks" than me. It's all in how you see life

They can do without the swimsuit parade. I think that is so unprofessional.

discontinued for sure!

As much as I respect and value a nation's culture and identity, I do feel that The Miss America Pageant distorts women's idea of what's beautiful and important. I think that the pageant can be used as a great platform to promote education for women, etc. and it could be tweaked to reflect this! :)

To tell you the truth I never watch it. Its not interesting to me and anything Donald Trump supports I shy away from. I dont really see any need for it but for the ladies that participate in these events its a job and a job in America so I would say keep it. If you do not like it you dont have to watch it but the whole production offers people jobs and that is a great thing

I don't care one way or the other. But I don't think it should be about bathing suits and evening gowns. Maybe a beauty pageant would be OK, but in regular clothes, one in evening dress, but mostly about education. The girl should be smart as well as pretty to represent the women in this country, with the emphasis on intelligence.

It should continue. I enjoy seeing the different states represented by beautiful girls.

It's time has come

I think society focuses far too much on looks as it is. The last thing we need is a competition where the winner is "Gorgeous! Oh and she went to school for medicine or something too. Isn't she beautiful?!" Could there be anything less useful in society? Why not focus on that Masters in Nuclear Medicine? It's great to be beautiful and have poise, grace and confidence, but why not do something other than get up on stage declaring, "Look at me!" In my opinion, women need empowering and this is the exact opposite of that. You may think, "Oh but the winner gets this and that opportunity!" What about the others? The ones that were compared for their beauty and told they weren't good enough? What kind of message does that send? Your looks are all that have mattered up to this point and you did the best you could and you still. just. aren't. good. enough.

Let it be...the time to end it will be when there is no one entering it any more. If you have a problem with it, don't watch it!

I think that it should stay on. It is fun to watch.

Time for it to end. All the pageants like this should end. They are very superficial as far as I am concerned. These girl's/women can do better things with their lives to try and be role models in their community. I feel that women should all be given a fair chance to earn scholarships, not just by competition like these. I might not be pretty, but might be super smart and dedicated to making a difference, but would never be able to get a scholarship because I can't sing or look good in a bathing suit. That is very discriminating toward women of all walks of life. Women should all be appreciated for many things, not just beauty and these pageants never have a so so looking girl or one with a weight issue... and to me that is very wrong. Being a fitness blogger, I love to see a healthy body, but also know that millions of women are beautiful inside even if they struggle outside with beauty. Don't leave all these women out in the cold.

It probably should end. Or at least updated somehow.

I really believe the contest is a great opportunity for aspiring women. They have to do a lot of other activities to be recognized for the beauty contest also. I would like to see the judgments not based on beauty but on their ongoing efforts to be a role model for woman and girls.