The Miss Black America contest ... But contestants in every beauty pageant shared one thing — the sincere desire to be chosen queen — or king, in some cases — and to represent a community ...

Saturday’s competition begins at 6 p.m. and Sunday’s final competition begins at 3 p.m. WFLA’s Deanne King ... Black Florida USA Pageant which focuses on representation and authenticity ...

The UNCW graduate has led several efforts around Wilmington and is ready to represent the Port City at the national level ...

The first African Americans to appear in the Miss America Pageant ... movement, black Americans set up their own contest in 1968. Black communities had sponsored segregated black beauty contests ...

She’s the King of Brooklyn. A 70-year-old playwright and self-proclaimed “drag king” took home the crown last week at the Big Apple’s first-ever all-ages, all-gender beauty pageant — a ...

If the Miss America pageant wouldn’t accommodate black women and black beauty, black folk decided they would create their own pageant. After his daughters expressed their desire to become Miss ...