“In light of the long and successful history of the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, the Miss America Organization is urged to return,” according to the resolution, sponsored by ...

Title: Miss America 2005. Crowning glory: Downs competed in the national pageant in September 2004 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, after earning the state title earlier that year. Her philanthropic ...

We agree that if for any reason contestant winning our official final contest is disqualified or released from appearing in the Miss America Finals at Atlantic City, then the next choice of the ...

It continued as a not-for-profit event; its official title became the "Miss America Pageant" and chose the Atlantic City Convention Hall as its permanent venue. The national executive director ...

Atlantic City is desperate for something, anything, to slow its slide into economic ruin since massive loans from the state and complex development deals haven't worked. The odds of Miss America ...

Miss America, established in 1921, is the older of the two pageants. It originated as a bathing beauty contest in Atlantic ...

These are the things most of us think about, when we imagine what it’s like to be crowned as Miss America ... at the pageant’s finale in Atlantic City. “Actually, when they first announced ...

Miss America predates Miss USA by 31 years. The first pageant — held in September 1921 — was part of a strategy to bring tourists to Atlantic City after Labor Day, according to the Miss ...