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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.
Deshauna Barber (born December 6, 1989) is an American motivational speaker, beauty pageant titleholder and captain in the United States Army Reserve. [2] On June 5, 2016, she was crowned Miss USA 2016 by the outgoing titleholder Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma. [3]
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]
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 ...
She was the first Miss Teen USA from South Carolina and also the first from South Carolina to be named the pageant's Miss Congeniality. [citation needed] She was a host on MTV's The Morning After (2003) and Total Request Live (2003–2007) [12] and became a New York City correspondent for Entertainment Tonight in 2005. She hosted Miss Teen USA ...
1st Runner-Up at Miss USA; Assumed title when Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe; 1996: Louisiana: Ali Landry: Breaux Bridge: 22 Top 6: 1997: Hawaii: Brook Lee: Pearl City: 26 Miss Universe 1997: Idaho: Brandi Sherwood: Idaho Falls: 26 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA; Assumed title when Brook Lee won Miss Universe; 1998: Massachusetts: Shawnae Jebbia ...
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]
Who went home tonight on American Idol 2024 Top 14. Ajii Jennifer Jeffries Kennedy Reid Mackenzie Sol Odell Bunton Jr. Quintavious. Advancing artists tonight on American Idol 2024 Top 14. Abi ...