A bikini contest is a beauty contest where women compete against each other in bikinis. A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition based mainly, though not always entirely, on the physical beauty of its contestants. ... Bikini may also refer to Bikini Atoll, BIKINI state and bikini styles of underwear. ...

Bikini contests can take place in bars, nightclubs, at beaches, and beauty pageants. Companies such as Hawaiian Tropic and Venus Swimwear regularly sponsor such contests to discover and attract new talents to promote their products. Bikini contests can also take place over the Internet by women submitting pictures of themselves in bikinis. Bars or bars can mean: The plural of bar. ... A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... Hawaiian Tropic is a brand of sun tan lotion being sold in the United States, a competitor to Coppertone. ... VENUS is a retail marketer specializing in womens swimwear, fashion apparel and accessories. ...

Contestants often wear sashes indicating where they are from in bikini contests, in similarity to the tradition in other beauty pageants. It is becoming more and more common for women to wear bikinis as part of the swimsuit competitions at major pageants. Participants in the Miss Teen USA pageant are now required to wear bikinis. A swimsuit (also swimmers), bathing suit (also bathers), aqua jammies or swimming costume (sometimes shortened to cozzie) is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. ... Run by the Miss Universe Organization, Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant for girls aged 15-19. ...

The name "bikini contest" may be misleading in that the contestants are not actually contesting the bikini itself. Rather, the competition revolves around a subjective assessment of the physical attractiveness of the participants, which may or may not involve the actual bikinis they wear and/or remove during the "competition."

There are variations of the contest known as "Whipped cream bikini contest" or "Shaving cream bikini contest". These contests involve using either whipped cream or shaving cream instead of bikinis where the cream is sprayed on contestant's nude or semi-nude body in the form of a bikini. As the contest continues, the cream would gradually melt due to body heat and heat from stage lights and slowly reveal the areas covered in cream on the contestant's body. Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of raw milk before homogenization. ... Shaving cream is cream that is applied to the face to avoid razor burn. ... Body Heat is a 1981 neo-film noir written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. ...

See also

• Wet T-shirt contest