Danielle Hazel expressed that she was "devastated" when she was unable to compete in both competitions because the requirement for contestants to be "unmarried" and without "children" is "discriminatory."
In the latest episode of A&E's The Table Is Ours podcast, Vanessa Williams opened up about how it felt to become the first Black Miss America, and what it was like to receive backlash surrounding not being the "ideal" winner for many viewers both in and out of the Black community.
During NYFW, Madame Noire sat down with Vanessa Williams to talk family, aging, and how science is her greatest beauty hack.
Don’t we all root for the black, tight bodied participants parading around in the most glamorous of swimsuits in the Miss America or Miss USA pageants? It’s like if they win, we win in that moment of recognition that black is indeed beautiful, intelligent, and talented. These ladies have been prepped for pageantry life since wee […]