Do Racy Miss USA Photos, Videos Go Too Far?

The Miss USA pageant is promoting its upcoming pageant with a series of sexy photos and videos & controversy flares over pageant's provocative turn - way too provocative, critics charge...Click "more" for photos...

Last week, reports CBS News Correspondent Ben Tracy, 51 Miss USA hopefuls shot their official contestant photos in Las Vegas. Their look consisted of lacy lingerie, smudged black eyeliner, knee-high boots, cleavage, and plenty of bare skin while they positioned in seductive poses on a large bed - looking almost like a Victoria's Secret event and not like a beauty pageant, some critics assert.

Do the images cross the line - all I the name of grabbing the spotlight - and ratings?

Or is this, as pageant officials say, the new direction of beauty pageants and a chance for contestants to show off confidence in and embrace their own sexuality? More at CBSNEWS.COM