Miss World ditches 'sexist bikini round' after 63 years
 

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.

Continued Miss World ditches 'sexist bikini round' after 63 years

Strange that an eloquent fat pig has no change of winning then.

^ the judges should all be registered blind then, if that was truly the case.

they can say goodbye to half their ratings now too

I would so hit it

feminist garbage

noooooo, the bikini girls, a woman gotta do what a woman gotta do

Fapping time nice pic. Miss Sweden. :)

What? No bikini round? :(

I can slam that babe

that was the best part, and really the only part worth watching of the show... :1orglaugh

This :2 cents:

these beauty contests are so cliche

Who did not allow her to remove it years ago then? Did she just gain control?

Who is this 'we' she speak of?

but i would gladly bang the contestants...

they....

tease ..

she is worthy of my DNA

someones not aging gracefully...

I guess they can continue being the franchise no one's ever heard of, and only thinks they recognize cause they confuse it with Miss Universe.

How many Miss World winners can you name? (no Googling allowed)

That's what I thought. 0 here, too.

It gives us men of all ages boners. It is the only reason men would watch these shows. It also gives women a reason to work out and be sexy, whether for self-hate or motivation.

Without bikinis they might as well as dump the whole show as it is useless.

For many people, that's the only reason to watch the show.

lol ....

I doubt anyone would watch now :2 cents:

and what are they going to replace it with a baking contest??? :))))))

How ridiculous!

Good, at last they get naked. That is what it meant, right?

She’s so sexy , I like her