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...objectifying vestige of the Miss America pageant remains, however--the swimsuit competition. Hancock says that it was her least favorite part of the show...
...cable channels, aware of the networks' prehistoric insistence on shutting down for the summer, use these months for their hype: HBO's Sex and the City (now), Showtime's Lolita (Aug. 2), the Discovery Channel's Shark Week (Aug. 9-16) and the Learning Channel's latest swimsuit documentary, Beauty and the Beach (July 11). The best viewing is hiding on obscure cable channels. Finding them can require not only keen summer-surfing skills but sometimes a DirecTV satellite. But hey, it's either that or spending another Monday night watching Caroline misplace a family heirloom, right after that visiting...
...Even the swimsuit competition, a sentimentalfavorite for many, is only used as a gauge ofphysical fitness, she said...
...Miss America pageant has four segments: a personal interview worth 30 percent, a talent exhibition worth 40 percent--Hancock taps to the Broadway show, "42nd Street"--and the swimsuit and evening wear competitions each worth 15 percent of her final score...
Huang recalls painful memories of the swimsuit competition. Right before she was supposed to compete, peers informed her that contestants always tape their breasts for support. Not mentioning that it is best to use medical tape, one of the other contestants threw her a roll of duct tape, which Huang used. After the competition it took her five hours to remove it from herself...