Race & Culture
For the First Time, All of America’s Top Pageant Winners Are Black
Acknowledging the 36th anniversary of the crowning of the first Black Miss America, Vanessa Williams, on Sept. 17, 1983, we...
Acknowledging the 36th anniversary of the crowning of the first Black Miss America, Vanessa Williams, on Sept. 17, 1983, we...
Nearly 32 years after a controversy over nude photos resulted in Vanessa Williams having her Miss America title vacated, the...
This past weekend, Nina Davuluri was crowned the first Miss America of Indian descent. In a nod to her heritage,...
Analouisa Valencia came to the door in a bright blue facial mask and sweatpants, surprised anyone was coming to see...
She is Vanessa Williams. Iconic, legendary and the first Black woman crowned Miss America, the breathtaking triple threat has done,...
It's some kind of miracle how comfortable Analouisa Valencia — a lesbian African-American/Latina beauty queen — is in her skin....
