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Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA and now Miss Universe are all black women
CNN ^ | 12/09/2019 | Kendall Trammell

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: blacksupremacy; diversity; missamerica; missteenusa; missuniverse; missusa
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What an amazing achievement for diversity. Anyhow, congrats to the winners. I'm sure you're all brave and beautiful.

Savor your victory, ladies. Next year you'll be competing against trannies and we all know how that'll play out.

1 posted on 12/10/2019 3:54:22 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68

How many are really male?


2 posted on 12/10/2019 3:55:49 PM PST by laweeks
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To: Drew68

The better man will win...


3 posted on 12/10/2019 3:56:17 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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Just proves how racist America is.


4 posted on 12/10/2019 3:56:29 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
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To: Drew68

Nice diversity.


5 posted on 12/10/2019 3:57:02 PM PST by EEGator
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

God I hate CNN


6 posted on 12/10/2019 3:57:13 PM PST by mort56
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To: Drew68

was there a math test ?


7 posted on 12/10/2019 3:58:22 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Drew68

Next year four trannies—count on it!


8 posted on 12/10/2019 3:58:42 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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Next year four trannies—count on it!

And they'll all be brave and beautiful.

9 posted on 12/10/2019 3:59:33 PM PST by Drew68
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All “woke” now?


10 posted on 12/10/2019 3:59:59 PM PST by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash.)
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To: Drew68

Curly Howard would have a word for that.


11 posted on 12/10/2019 4:00:58 PM PST by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under sixty.)
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To: Drew68

Mandatory negrophilia.


12 posted on 12/10/2019 4:01:04 PM PST by SpaceBar
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Wow.....statistically speaking, what are the odds?
13 posted on 12/10/2019 4:01:51 PM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA and now Miss Universe are all black women

Not a coincidence. Everybody nowadays is falling all over themselves to virtue signal how "woke" they are.

Maybe they would have all won without people putting their thumbs on the scale, but all at this exact same time? Too much to ask of coincidence.

14 posted on 12/10/2019 4:03:11 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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To: SpaceBar

Affirmative action has all encompassing tentacles.


15 posted on 12/10/2019 4:03:21 PM PST by traderrob6
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Well, we must change the standards of beauty to avoid being racist.

We can't be thinking that women like Melania Trump are beautiful - that would be racist.

Dis be da new standard of grace and beauty!

16 posted on 12/10/2019 4:03:51 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Politicians don't seek solutions, they seek problems.)
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And notice how many commercials on TV are now depicting inter racial relationships, either marriage or otherwise..........Just sayin.....


17 posted on 12/10/2019 4:03:55 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Never take a centipede shopping for shoes)
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Why is this even relevant? Seems that CNN is very race-conscious. I thought CNN was a champion of the elusive ‘color-blind society’. If all of the pageant winners were white, it would probably be considered “problematic” by CNN.


18 posted on 12/10/2019 4:04:14 PM PST by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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This. News based on the color of one’s skin.


19 posted on 12/10/2019 4:04:57 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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“Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA and now Miss Universe are all black women”

Of course they are; it’s mandatory now.


20 posted on 12/10/2019 4:05:09 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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