5 Titleholders Of Major Pageants Are All Women Of Color - MMCxchange https://mmcxchange.com/ Thu, 21 May 2026 08:39:03 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Baltimore Times RSS Hub 5 Titleholders Of Major Pageants Are All Women Of Color https://mmcxchange.com/detail/5-titleholders-of-major-pageants-are-all-women-of-color_1777207513 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:39:45 -0500 https://mmcxchange.com/detail/5-titleholders-of-major-pageants-are-all-women-of-color_1777207513 5 Titleholders Of Major Pageants Are All Women Of Color

Last Five Titleholders (CNN) -- Several decades ago, this wasn't even possible. Black women weren't allowed to compete in the Miss America pageant until the 1940s, and the first black contestant didn't take that stage until 30 years later. The first black Miss USA wasn't crowned until 1990. And it wasn't until this month that Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA were all women of color. "I think black women need this," Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin told CNN's "New…]]>