Miss England organisers have announced they are banning their swimwear round altogether - just two weeks after considering its return to the stage. The beauty pageant had been looking to reintroduce the bikini parade for the first time since 2009 but today revealed it would be scrapped entirely.
The controversial round had existed as an optional choice but contestants only had to submit beachwear-themed photos rather than appear on stage. Organiser Angie Beasley previously vowed she would 'refuse to bow to the woke brigade' and said she was in talks about bringing bikinis back to the stage in 2023.
But following divided opinions among beauty queens and debates on national TV and radio, she said the decision had now been made to ditch the round. Angie said the competition was 'no longer a bathing beauty parade' and now 'celebrates women achievers', meaning the bikini round 'sadly had to go'.
