<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Gorman" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Margaret Gorman">Margaret Gorman</a>, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Miss America">Miss America</a>.