Beauty Pageants were first held in Atlantic City and was referred to as the National Beauty Tournament. These beauty pageants were absolutely nothing like today's pageant with agents from every state. The very first Miss America Pageant only had 8 contestants and was won by a 16 year old, Washington, D.C. citizen named Margaret Gorman. In 1922 and … [Read more...] about Beauty Pageants Through The Years Beauty Pageants History