With Zozibini Tunzi’s win, black women notch another major pageant title.
Pageants often get a bad rap for being regressive leftovers from a different time. While some of that criticism is fair, the organizations that run them have made changes in recent years to become more modern. And there&aposs no question that their reach is still enormous, with competitions running in all 50 states and in countries around the world.
"I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful," Tunzi said, according to the BBC."I think that it is time that that stops today." "Nia, Cheslie, and Kaliegh: you are trailblazers, creating your own path on your own terms. Congratulations," Senator Kamala Harris tweeted in May. Now, Tunzi joins the group .None of the women is the first black woman to wear their particular crown. Vanessa Williams was the first black Miss America in 1984; Carole Gist won Miss USA in 1990; Janel Bishop won Miss Teen USA in 1991; and Janelle Commissiong was crowned Miss Universe in 1977.
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