Slaughter's most significant legacy is the Miss America scholarship program. "I knew that the shine of a girl's hair wasn't going to make her a success in life," she wrote in her autobiography.

Her work has previously appeared in POPSUGAR, HelloGiggles, Reader's Digest and more. Miss America's 2022 winner Emma Broyles waltzed into the 2023 competition Thursday night wearing a dress for ...

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 ...