There wasn't need to put any words in your mouth -- your post was plain. The political climate is not running against shallow beauty based values despite the hype about Me Too. The superficiality of looks hasn't even been a political topic, only the abuse of subordinates in the work place. There's been a pretty careful avoidance of even addressing the appearance of the many women who have reported the abuse.
The show began as little more than a Depression Era stunt to proffer cheesecake at Atlantic City to encourage business. Over time, it put on its best face and became a darling of TV broadcasts. However, it actually did have and does have a national network of scholarships, and many of the pageants are sponsored on college campuses at the lower level, so there's already a surfeit of girls wanting to strut their stuff in those settings anyway. In recent years, there has been more focus on talent competitions, and once you get all those gals on stage, there's precious little other than talent to distinguish them, as they're practically clones.
As far as biologically defined women, it isn't even relevant, although I guess gender politics can be forced into any topic. The majority of the planet will always define gender as sex, but I get it that there is a tiny percentage of people who don't like the limitation of that duality. That said, there's fuck all chance that the world will see it differently in any material way other than bathrooms.
