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Vanessa Lynn Williams was born in Tarrytown, New York with a birth announcement that read: "Here she is: Miss America". [2] [3] She was raised in Millwood, New York. [1]A paternal great-great-grandfather was William Fields, an African-American legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Although she had never participated in a beauty pageant before, she won the title of Miss Syracuse in April 1983. She then went on to win Miss New York in July 1983. [5] During the preliminaries for the Miss America pageant, Williams won "Preliminary Swimsuit" and "Preliminary Talent" (with a vocal performance of "Happy Days Are Here Again"). [1]
Alma Cooper, Miss Michigan USA, is crowned Miss USA 2024 onstage during the 73rd annual Miss USA Pageant at Peacock Theater on Aug. 4, 2024. in Los Angeles. Alma Cooper, Miss Michigan USA, is the ...
Carole Anne-Marie Gist (born May 8, 1969) is an American tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1990. Gist was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. [1] Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2, 1990, in Wichita, Kansas.
She eventually competed and won the Miss New York title, then went on to Atlantic City, N.J., to participate in and win the Miss America Pageant — a contest that refused to allow Black women to ...
At the culmination of the 2023 Miss USA pageant, held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on Friday night, Noelia Voigt of Utah was crowned victorious. Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii placed ...
Miss USA 2021 Taylor Mackenzie Dickens Hale (born December 31, 1994) is an American reality television personality and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of the 24th season of the American reality television series Big Brother , becoming the first African American woman to win the series. [ 2 ]
The 2021 Miss USA pageant was held on Monday, formally crowning the 70th winner in the competition’s history. Broadcast on FYI for the second year in a row, this year’s festivities were hosted ...