2013 Miss America Pageant: Welcome Ceremony

Wed, Sep 4, 2013 (11:04 p.m.)

After nearly eight years in Las Vegas, the Miss America Pageant has packed its tiaras and gowns and headed home to Atlantic City — and was welcomed back there with a new three-year, $7.5 million funding commitment. Miss America came to the Strip in 2005 when Atlantic City could no longer afford to underwrite the labor and production costs.

Links from this Photo Gallery:

• Q+A: Miss America chief Sam Haskell III talks pageant’s return to Atlantic City
• Q+A: Miss America chief Sam Haskell III talks pageant’s return to Atlantic City

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