Miss America pageant

Miss America pageant
a US contest held each September in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to choose the most beautiful American woman who can also sing, dance, act, etc. It was first held in 1922 and has been a popular television event since 1954. The pageant has sometimes been criticized as an insult to women.

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