Editing Atlantic City, New Jersey (section)

===Miss America pageant===
Atlantic City was the home of the [[Miss America]] competition, hosting the event from its inception until 2004, and again from 2013 to 2018. The Miss America competition originated on September 7, 1921, as a two-day beauty contest, and it included state contestants as well as women from various cities around the country. The event that year was called the "Atlantic City Pageant", and the winner of the grand prize, Margaret Gorman, took home the 3-foot Golden Mermaid trophy. Gorman was not called "Miss America" until 1922, when she re-entered the pageant and lost to Mary Campbell.<ref>Osborne, A. S. (1995). Miss America, the dream lives on. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing.</ref> The pageant was initiated to extend the tourist season after the [[Labor Day (United States)|Labor Day weekend]].<ref name=Good2010/> The pageant has been nationally [[television|televised]] since 1954. It peaked in the early 1960s, when it was repeatedly the highest-rated program on American television. It was seen as a symbol of the United States, with Miss America often being referred to as the female equivalent of the President. The pageant's longtime [[Master of ceremonies|emcee]], [[Bert Parks]], hosted the event from 1955 to 1979. At the [[Atlantic City Convention Center]], there is a {{cvt|400|lb|adj=on}} interactive statue of Parks holding a crown. When a visitor puts their head inside the crown, sensors activate a recorded playback of his ''"There She Is..."'' line through speakers hidden behind nearby bushes.<ref>Khemlani, Anjalee. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/bert-parks-statue-back-in-prominent-atlantic-city-position/article_5ad0d770-ef93-543a-897c-aba15426c9d9.html "Bert Parks statue back in prominent Atlantic City position"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', June 8, 2013. Accessed July 27, 2017. "The bronze likeness of Parks was originally fitted with sensors in its palms, which would start a recording of him singing the traditional 'There she is ...' from the song 'Miss America' while people placed their heads under the crown."</ref>

[[File:Miss America Plaque, Convention Hall, Atlantic City.jpg|thumb|Plaque for the Site of Previous Miss American Pageants]]
[[File:Miss America Statue, Atlantic City.jpg|thumb|Statue for Miss America, Atlantic City (the Port-A-Potties were for a Triathlon)]]