Margaret Gorman, Miss DC 1921 and the very first Miss America, attended Western High School, which is now Duke Ellington School of the Arts. A few years after passing on her title in Atlantic City, she married Victor Cahill and was happily married until he died in 1957. She lived all her life in D.C., became somewhat of a socialite and enjoyed traveling. She died on October 1, 1995, at age 90.
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Venus Ramey left Kentucky to work for the war effort in Washington, D.C. and won the Miss District of Columbia pageant and then became Miss America in 1944. She was the first red-haired contestant to win the title. Ramey worked during her reign to help win suffrage for Washington, D.C. in 1945. In 1944, a B17 of the 15th Air Force was named the “Venus Ramey.” Later, Ms. Ramey became the first Miss America to run for public office, seeking a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives. To date, she is only the second Miss DC to win the Miss America title.
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