Why It’s Such A Big Deal That Black Women Are Winning Beauty Pageants
Black Twitter went into a frenzy this past Sunday, as #BGM trended in celebration of Zozibini Tunzi, the newly crowned Miss Universe 2019. Zozibini Tunzi, This past Sunday’s Miss Universe beauty pageant, hosted by Steve Harvey at Tyler Perry’s Studios in Atlanta, sentWith this victory, for the first time in history, Black women hold the titles for every major beauty pageant in the U.S., including the current Miss America, Nia Franklin, the 2019 Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst, this year’s Miss Teen USA, Kaliegh Garris, and now Miss Universe. However, these women are not the first Black women to hold their respective titles, so why is this victory provoking such pride…