The Miss Teen USA 2016 pageant this year will take place in Las Vegas on July 30th. For the last several years it has been held in the Bahamas. This is not the only change for the Miss Teen USA pageant this year. Today it was announced that the Miss Teen USA pageant will not be including a swimsuit category as part of competition. The swimsuit category has been a staple in the Miss Universe organization pageant systems (Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss Universe and the preliminaries to these pageants). Of course this is a shock since we are used to a swimsuit category , and the pageant is only a month away. I'm sure many contestants were preparing themselves physically and mentally for this part of the competition.
Instead of the swimsuit category,in its place will be an athletic wear competition. Katherine Haik Miss Teen USA 2015, told USATODAY " I have been an athlete my entire life. As a member of a softball team and a competitive dance team, I spend a lot of time in athletic wear".
Miss Teen USA celebrates young women who lead active, purposeful lives. Read more: https://t.co/6WkjX8BHdm pic.twitter.com/SPF7lFGjHk— Miss Teen USA (@MissTeenUSA) June 29, 2016
As someone who is interested in watching the pageant, i'm interested to see who will be sponsoring the athletic wear, and what it will look like. The contestants this year range in age from 15-19 and being young and being on stage in a bikini can be a lot of pressure...well for anyone at any age its a lot of pressure. Trust me i know ! lol. I was out of high school when i did my first pageant in a swimsuit, i cant imagine doing it a younger age and worrying about what my body will look like. Lets be real , your body is being looked at and compared to another girls in some fashion. I think the addition of athletic wear can be a good thing for these young contestants. It doesn't mean that the girls still wont be nervous on stage(its still Miss Teen USA ) however , i think they wont have to worry about being insecure about their bodies in the same manner. The focus will be more on the girl, and not so much on her body.
What do you think of this change ? Will you miss the swimsuit round ?
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