Miss America

Zozibini Tunzi. Black woman with short dark hair wearing a crown.

Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi Continues Black Beauty's Reign Over the Pageant World

Tunzi: “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered beautiful. I think it is time that stops today.”

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Dec 11, 2019 11:20AM ET

#TBT: On this Day in 1983, Vanessa Willams Became The First Black Miss America

Mere days after Vanessa Williams received an offical apology for having her Miss America title stripped from her, we mark the 32nd anniversary of her becoming the first black woman to receive that title.

Sameer Rao Sep 17, 2015 4:09PM EDT

New Miss America Faces Harsh Racism

Nina Davuluri, Miss New York and the latest Miss America, is of Indian descent and met fierce racism after her crowning last night.

Von Diaz Sep 16, 2013 11:16AM EDT