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NJ AR166

Resolution

Status

Passed

1/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Andrea Katz

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Miss America Pageant to return to Atlantic City in 2025 and every year thereafter, following its move to Orlando, Florida in 2024

  • Highlights the pageant's origins as the Inter-City Beauty Contest in Atlantic City in 1921, where it was hosted for the majority of its history except for a period in Las Vegas (2006-2013)

  • Notes the pageant has awarded more than $150 million in scholarships since 1945, making it the world's largest scholarship program for women

  • Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the CEO of the Miss America Organization and the current Miss America

Legislative Description

Urges Miss America Pageant to return to Atlantic City.

Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions Filed w/Sec. of State

Last Action

Filed with Secretary of State

1/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Tourism, Gaming and the Arts10/21/2024

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