(RNN) - The Miss America competition will no longer have a swimsuit portion of the program, the chair of the board of directors announced Tuesday.
The 97-year-old contest is dedicated to shifting its focus from judging based on physical appearance, said board chair Gretchen Carlson on "Good Morning America."
"We are no longer a pageant," Carlson said. "We are a competition."
The former Fox News host and Miss America 1989 has become a prominent voice on ending sexual harassment in the workplace. She took over her current position at the beginning of the year, and the move comes on the heels of the #MeToo movement.
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