I'm Miss World

December 17, 2019 8:32 PM

For the first time in history the winners of the five major beauty pageants are all Black women.

The titles of Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA are now all held by women of the African diaspora. These wins are striking a blow for representation and are reminding women they don't have to fit European standards of beauty.

A timeline of Black beauty pageant winners.

posted by loriginedumonde (5 comments total)

Let's not forget Miss Nigeria's awesome reaction to Miss Jamaica's win.
posted by Navelgazer at 8:45 PM on December 17, 2019 [12 favorites]

Uh... Miss Universe is not held by a woman from the African diaspora, it's held by a woman from Africa itself (you go Zozi!).
posted by PenDevil at 9:54 PM on December 17, 2019 [9 favorites]

Miss France as well - the third time in the century of the contest's history that the title went to a black woman from Guadeloupe.
posted by I claim sanctuary at 2:17 AM on December 18, 2019 [3 favorites]

This is wonderful, and I love that they don't all have processed straightened hair.
posted by rmd1023 at 7:16 AM on December 18, 2019 [2 favorites]

"Of African descent", my bad.
posted by loriginedumonde at 8:54 AM on December 18, 2019 [1 favorite]