Miss America dropping swimsuit competition

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance.The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.But it has run into resistance to the swimsuit, and to a lesser extent, evening gown competitions, that had come by some to be seen as outdated. An e