Catch up with the most famous contestants to participate in the Miss USA pageant Vic Verbalaitis is an editorial intern at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. His work has previously ...

Kaliegh Garris (Miss Teen USA) and Zozibini Tunzi (Miss Universe) — became the first group of Black women in pageant history to hold all four major titles in a single year. "Cheslie my friend ...

The first African Americans to appear in the Miss America Pageant came onstage as 'slaves' for a musical number in 1923. It was not until 1970 that a black woman, Iowa's Cheryl Brown ...