[Pageant officials thanked the Atlantic City community for its longstanding support of the pageant.] We thoroughly appreciate the assistance we have received from the Atlantic City community, and the state of New Jersey over the past 85 years, ... The entire community has embraced Miss America, its contestants and the pageant's rich history.

Art McMaster

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