Miss America could've never survived the #MeToo era if it kept scoring women's bodies

The Miss America pageant this country has known for nearly a century is finally dead. Good riddance. 
On Tuesday, Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989 and chair of the Miss America Organization, appeared on Good Morning America to deliver the news: The annual televised event is no longer a pageant but a competition, and women won't be judged on their physical appearance. 
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So what began as a swimsuit pageant