Predictions For 2015: Miss World Bikini Competition Will Be Banned Due To Muslim Beliefs Or Feminists?

When it comes to fashion predictions for 2015, the Miss World bikini competition is most likely going to get the ax yet again. But will the bikini ban be for “beauty with a purpose,” feminist ideals, or Muslim beliefs?

In a related report by the Inquisitr, when the Miss World bikini contest ban was announced by Julia Morley, the chairwoman of Miss World, she explained the decision in these terms.

“I really don’t want — 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.”

Chris Wilmer, national director of Miss World America/Miss United States, explained the Miss World 2015 bikini ban in a slightly different way.

“It’s not just a beauty contest, it’s ‘beauty with a purpose’. There didn’t seem to be a purpose to have the swimsuit. Miss World should be a spokesperson who can help a community,” Wilmer told ABC News. “She’s more of an ambassador, not a beauty queen. Pageantry is an age old industry and I think with Julia getting rid of swimsuit and making it more of a lifestyle competition sends a strong message and I applaud her for it.”

This statement is a far cry from how the beauty pageant was first run. Sweden’s Kiki Håkansson, the first ever Miss World, was even crowned on stage in her bikini way back in 1951. It’s also quite a different reason from why Morley had the Miss World bikini contest modified in 2013 to focus on more conservative “beach fashion” when the beauty contest was held in Indonesia, a country with more than 200 million Muslims.

“I don’t want to upset or get anyone in a situation where we are being disrespectful,” she said according to the Daily Mail. “We treasure respect for all the countries that take part in the pageant.”

A report from the Telegraph claims that feminists are the real reason our predictions for 2015 can safely conclude the bikini is gone for good. In addition to Muslim groups wanting the pageant banned entirely, it’s claimed the “organizers are so terrified of it being picketed by feminists,” and all of these “changes mean that it was hard to spot blatant sexism at Miss World’s final” despite the entire premise of the organization being based upon “hugely sexist undertones.”

Do you think the Miss World 2015 bikini competition should be brought back regardless of feminists and Muslim protesters?