Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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] She was then crowned Miss America 1984 on September 17, 1983, becoming the first African American woman to win the title. [1] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Preliminary Swimsuit: Dance Also placed 1st runner-up at Miss America 1940 pageant: 1942: Sept. 12, 1942 Jo-Carroll Dennison: Texas: Tyler: 18 Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent: Vocal / Dance, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" 1943: Sept. 11, 1943 Jean Bartel: California: Los Angeles: 19 Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent: Vocal, "Night ...
A swimsuit competition, more commonly now called a bikini contest, is a beauty contest which is judged and ranked while contestants wear a swimsuit, typically a bikini. One of the judging criteria is the physical attractiveness of the contestants. The Big Four international beauty pageants have included examples of such a competition.
Miss New York Vanessa Williams was crowned the winner of the 57th Miss America Pageant on Sept. 17, 1983. ... the first Black woman in the pageant’s six-decade history to win the Miss America ...
A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra ...
It was 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 along with Brenda Cozart who organized and directed the pageant also serving as a beauty consultant for contestants and recruiter which started on August 17, 1968, at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlantic City. [1]
In new photos shared to social media on Thursday, Nov. 28, the Modern Family alum showed off her beach body while rocking an itty-bitty black bikini that had her fans practically drooling in the ...
Davis, Shirley. "History follows former Miss Iowa First black pageant winner recalls her crowning moment." Quad-City Times, October 19, 2000. "Black New Yorker chosen Miss Iowa." The Register-Guard, July 5, 1970: 8E. "Newly crowned Miss Iowa is 'shocked' at her own victory." Baltimore Afro-American (United Press International), June 27, 1970: 19.