The iconic ?bikini round?, where contestants from around the world pose in swimsuits, has been ditched by the organisers after 63 years.
Miss World?s chairwoman Julia Morley, 74 (wife of it's British creator Eric) told Elle magazine : ?I don?t need to see women just walking up and down in bikinis. It doesn't do anything for the woman. And it doesn?t do anything for any of us.
?I don?t care if someone has a bottom two inches bigger than someone else's. We are really not looking at her bottom. We are really listening to her speak.?
In 1951, the first Miss World winner, Sweden?s Kiki Håkansson, was crowned on stage while wearing a bikini.
Since then, the swimsuit round has been a major part of the beauty pageant. In 2001, organisers took the decision not to conduct it on stage, but instead do a private photo shoot so contestants no longer had to parade in front of the live audience.
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Miss World ditches 'sexist bikini round' after 63 years