That kind of talk pleases Leonard Horn, a former chief executive of the pageant who now lives in Tennessee.

Leonard Horn, who runs the pageant, has said again and again, Atlantic City and Miss America are one.

In pre-casino days, the pageant was run by local businessmen; the most recent president was Leonard Horn, a lawyer with deep roots here.

"You can't even talk about the two pageants in the same sentence," said Leonard Horn, president of the Miss America pageant.

But according to Leonard Horn, the Atlantic City lawyer who runs the contest, even competing for Miss America is good legal training.

Corky is a 1972 film drama starring Robert Blake and directed by Leonard Horn.

Leonard Horn doesn't want to be remembered as the man who put singing, tap-dancing, piano-playing young women into two-piece bathing suits.

At a news conference to announce the new regulations Leonard Horn, the chief executive of the pageant, said the two-piece suits offered a "really fleshy look."

The pageant's chief executive, Leonard Horn, made the announcement last week at the same time that he said this will be his last year producing the contest.

Leonard Horn, executive producer of the pageant, said he was shocked by Mr. Toscano's attitude.