Viewers accepted that part, though many griped about how unceremoniously the semi-finalists were weeded out after the initial eliminations with little to no fanfare.
Many of the women were eliminated after their introductions, with the audience getting little more than a paragraph on what they were about before saying goodbye.
Space on the stage wasn’t a huge deal for the Miss America 2020 pageant anyway, as the show cut its contestants from 51 to 7 in the span of about 30 minutes.