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Bookmark or Share- D.C.'s Margaret Gorman Becomes the First Miss AmericaIn 1921, 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wow'd pageant judges in D.C. and then did the same thing in Atlantic City on her way to becoming the first Miss America. (Source: Library of Congress)
- Margaret Gorman: Washington Teen Is The First Miss America - Ghosts of DCIn 1921, a 16-year-old girl from Washington, D.C. made history when she won the first Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. Though the beauty pageant seems irrelevant today, it was a big deal back then. This is the story of how a local teenager became the nation’s premier beauty queen.
- Margaret Gorman won first Miss America pageant amid scandal - The ...Margaret Gorman, Miss Washington, D.C., was named the winner—but Miss New York claimed she was robbed.
- Our History – Miss America OpportunityMargaret Gorman, Miss America 1921, was the Grand Marshall of the Parade as she rode in a float made of 30,000 roses. Eighty-five million viewers tuned in to see Michigan’s Nancy Fleming become Miss America 1961.
- Margaret Gorman Cahill, 90; First Miss AmericaMargaret Gorman Cahill, who became the first Miss America in 1921 and later said, “I really want to forget the whole thing,” is dead at age 90. Mrs. Cahill died Sunday of cardiac arrest and ...
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