In 2006, the swimsuit competition was opened to the public.

The fourth reason to watch is for the swimsuit competition itself.

It looked like the reality show was having a swimsuit competition after all.

"Please don't tell me there's going to be a swimsuit competition."

She placed 5th in swimsuit competition with a score of 8.954.

She placed 4th during the swimsuit competition and 6th overall after evening gown.

She also came as runner up for the beach beauty- swimsuit competition.

She went on to place in the top five after the evening gown and swimsuit competitions.

Additionally, Thomas won the swimsuit competition in each of her local and state contests.

It was an obvious winner in the swimsuit competition but fell short on talent.