Editing Bikini (section)

=== Bodybuilding ===
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From the 1950s to mid-1970s, men's [[bodybuilding]] contest formats were often supplemented with women's beauty contests or bikini shows. The winners earned titles like Miss Body Beautiful, Miss Physical Fitness and Miss Americana, and also presented trophies to the winners of the men's contest.<ref name=lowe>Maria R. Lowe, ''Women of Steel: Female Bodybuilders and the Struggle for Self-definition'', page 57, NYU Press, 1998, {{ISBN|978-0-8147-5094-0}}</ref> In the 1980s, the Ms Olympia competition started in the US and in the UK the NABBA (National Amateur Body Building Association) renamed Miss Bikini International to Ms Universe. In 1986, the Ms Universe competition was divided into two sections&nbsp;– "physique" (for a more muscular physique) and "figure" (traditional feminine presentation in high heels).<ref name=grogan>Sarah Grogan, ''Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children'', page 63, Routledge, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-134-24567-3}}</ref> In November 2010 the IFBBF (International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness) introduced a women's bikini contest for women who do not wish to build their muscles to figure competition levels.<ref>Tanya Bunsell, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=fEYPodrZJEUC&q=bodybuilding+bikini&pg=PT41 Strong and hard women: an ethnography of female body building]'', Routledge, 2013, {{ISBN|978-1-136-25085-9}}</ref>

Costumes are regulation "posing trunks" (bikini briefs) for both men and women.<ref>Francois Fortin, ''Sports: The Complete Visual Reference'', page 360, Québec Amerique, 1996, {{ISBN|9782764408971}}</ref> [[Female bodybuilder]]s in America are prohibited from wearing thongs or T-back swimsuits in contests filmed for television, though they are allowed to do so by certain fitness organizations in closed events.<ref name=lowe/> For men, the dress code specifies "swim trunks only (no shorts, cut-off pants, or Speedos)."