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Not to be confused with Miss Black USA Pageant.For the British musical band, see Miss Black America (band).
The Miss Black America pageant is a competition for young African American women in areas such as speech, talent, style, and poise — it is essentially the black version of the popular Miss America pageant. In 2009 the pageant had its "kick off" in Washington, D.C. to rebrand the competition after 40 years. The first teen winner was Ashley Anglin. The first runner up teen was Monet Jackson, a resident of Mitchellville, MD, and Destiny Welch second runner up also a MD resident. The adult winner was DC native and MD resident, Miss Kamilla Collier-Mullin. The first runner up Miss Cherie A. Bryant a northern Virginia resident and the second runner up Miss Janesia Simmons in the adult pageant.
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History
Originally a local Philadelphia area contest to protest the lack of black women in the Miss America pageant, J. Morris Anderson created and produced the Miss Black America Pageant on August 17, 1968 at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlantic City.[1] With support from Phillip H. Savage, Tri-State Director of the NAACP, the pageant received nationwide press coverage as a protest against the Miss America Pageant, an event that Mr. Savage and other NAACP leaders had long condemned for exclusion of black women contestants.
The winners
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References
- ^ "The Ritz - Carlton Hotel -Atlantic City". Historical Timeline. http://ritzac.com/Ritz%20History%20Time%20Line.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
Year Miss Black America Hometown 1968 Saundra Williams Pennsylvania 1969 Gloria O. Smith New York 1970 Stephanie Clark DC 1971 Joyce Warner Florida 1972 Linda Barney New Jersey 1973 Arniece Russell New York 1974 Von Gretchen Shepard Los Angeles, California 1975 Helen Jean Ford Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1976 Twanna Kilgore Washington, D.C. 1977 Claire Ford Memphis, Tennessee 1978 Lydia Jackson Willingboro, New Jersey 1979 Varetta Shankle Mississippi 1980 Sharon Wright Chicago, Illinois 1981 Yvette Cason District of Columbia 1982 Susan Wells Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1983 Sonya Robinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1984 Lydia S.Garrett Columbia, South Carolina 1985 Amina Fakir Detroit, Michigan 1986 Rachel Oliver Burlington, North Carolina 1987 Leila McBride Denver, Colorado 1988 Tyresha Blackman Unknown 1989 Paula Gywnn Unknown 1990 Rosie Jones Bridgeport, Connecticut 1991 Sharmell Sullivan Gary, Indiana 1992 Marilyn DeShields Virginia, Richmond 1993 Ebony Warren Unknown 1994 Pilar G. Fort Detroit, Michigan 1995 Karen D. Wallace Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1996 Basheerah Ahmad Choctaw, Oklahoma 1997 Karen Brimley-Massey West Helena, Arkansas 1998 Amy Niger Unknown 1999 Unknown Unknown 2000 Oprah Winfrey Unknown 2001 Tandi Iman Dupree Atlanta 2002 Mabdul Jalikum Hassan Unknown 2003 Unknown 2004 Unknown Unknown 2005 Unknown Unknown 2006 Unknown Unknown 2007 Unknown Unknown 2008 Unknown Unknown 2010 Ashley Anglin-Teen DC Metropolitan 2010 Kamilla Collier-Mullin, Adult DC Metropolitan 2010 Natasha Ashby - Teen Philadelphia 2011 Alexandra Morton, Adult Baltimore Categories:- Beauty pageants
- Recurring events established in 1968
- Beauty pageants in the United States
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