For the First Time Ever, Five Black Women Hold Crowns in the Five Major Beauty Pageants

Five black women currently hold titles in major beauty pageants.

Beauty pageants have always had a wild lack of diversity, as history has proven time and time again that pageants favor women who embody Euro-centric beauty standards. Then, in September 2018 a black woman from North Carolina named Nia Franklin shook things up when she was crowned Miss America 2019, marking the start of a groundbreaking 2019 pageant circuit for black women.

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