Posted on 12/10/2019 3:54:22 PM PST by Drew68
For the first time, top beauty pageants — Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America and now, Miss Universe — have crowned black women as their winners at the same time.
And that's a big deal if you know pageant history.
Beauty pageants early in their histories, some dating back to the 1920s, barred women of color from participating. Even after organizations began changing their rules to accept women of all races, there was still a lingering frustration and opposition to join.
Only in the last 50 years have black women become more prevalent in these competitions. Janelle Commissiong was the first black Miss Universe in 1977, Vanessa Williams was the first black Miss America in 1983, and Carole Anne-Marie Gist, the first black Miss USA contestant, was crowned in 1990. The following year Janel Bishop became the first black Miss Teen USA. When Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa was named Miss Universe on Sunday, she joined a historic group of black women, along with 2019 Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, 2019 Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris and 2019 Miss America Nia Franklin.
Here's what you should know about these four women:
Miss Universe fights against gender-based violence
Tunzi hails from the town of Tsolo in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Along with English, the 26-year-old speaks Xhosa and has launched a social media campaign against gender-based violence.
In a recent Instagram post, she called on her fellow South Africans to write love letters pledging support for women in her country.
"It is my hope that these pledges will start, and continue a conversation around gender-based violence," Tunzi wrote. "We have to start the narration where right-thinking people act as role models for those who think it's okay to mistreat women."
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Sorry, but I don’t judge a beauty contestant on her race or religion. I judge them on thier rack like every good American male pig does.
Beauty pageants are now being run like we run the presidential campaigns: affirmative action, and diversity.
Blacks have to win in order to preserve the new world order.
BTW, I thought Miss Puerto Rico would win, but, like I told my wife while watching the pageant on TV, the S. African would win because of political correctness and because a tiny Island like P.R. has won ‘too many’ times, while Africa is much larger. Beauty is not the standard anymore for beauty pageants. Beauty is now spelled: affirmative action.
The S. African ‘winner’ might be rethinking her win because she was certainly not the prettiest or smartest. That’s not to say that she isn’t a beauty. But, not the most beautiful.
Wouldn’t be possible without those extra diversity points they add on.
Even Miss Iceland was black. Iceland!!
Don’t get me wrong, she was pretty. But,from some of her statements, she was definitely pimping Globalism and diversity.
That was the first beauty pageant that I’ve watched in over fifteen years. It will also probably be my last.
It’s all about politics, political correctness and diversity.
Why are black radicals still bitching? They’ve had a black president, black senators and congressman, black CEO’s, black pro-sports coaches, black judges, black actors/actresses, black admirals and generals, and now Miss America, Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe are all blacks.
Seems like the racial glass ceiling has been shattered.
Steve Harvey rolling his eyes at a Climate Change question he had to read to one of the finalists has become instantly iconic.
LOL, thanks!
The targeting of blacks in commercials isn’t flattering or preferential treatment for them; it occurs because advertisers believe they are one of the last groups that responds to goofy Jedi mindtricks like TV commercials. It also reflects the fact that they are among the last holdouts watching regular TV.
The whites that watch get a good laugh at the goofy role reversals, and blacks go out and buy things...
If the aliens were intelligent they would view TV as a programming tool for blacks and women which seems to have little effect on white or Asian men.
THAT is what drives this; why advertise to whites who watch less and less TV with each passing day? I’m shocked at how little time my children watch TV - and it is self-imposed. Computers and smartphones have made the TV the medium of yesteryear, and they reflect a much wider diversity of opinions and ideas. If TV had any real influence, the Republican Party, Christianity, and children would have disappeared altogether by now.
That is probably it. When in doubt, follow the money.
Sure; for decades some have had a reputation for spending ridiculous amounts of money on certain sneakers and coats, and there has been no shortage of stories where they actually steal those items from each other.
While advertisers may want to participate in social engineering, it only works if the target is watching.
I thought this place had rules...wth?
especiallt since most sports on tv NFL, NBA are black dominated.
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