They shouldn't be. Like it or not, straight men should be the sole arbiters for what constitutes beauty in a woman. Period. I mean come on, if a pageant doesn't feature women that are attractive to males, nobody is going to watch it.
Of course now Trump wants to turn this into yet another "American Idol" like piece of crap.
I honestly thought most men thought pageants were boring pretty much after the swimsuit competition was over. It has been my observation that viewers of pageants are usually women and gay men.