What happened to the talent portion in the Miss USA competition?

What happened to the talent portion in the Miss USA competition?

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There isn't a talent portion, like at all. I don't know, Donald Trump is in charge of it and I guess they just didn't want to have a talent portion in there, it's more so for the Miss America system and for some of the other systems that are around, but I don't know, they don't have a talent portion for this system. Our talent is walking across the stage with a smile on our face.