The establishment of magnificence pageantry has been round since the 1800s. The Miss America pageant was created in 1921. The primary black lady didn’t enter the Miss America Pageant till 1970. That was just a bit below 40 years in the past! In response to the segregation of those pageants, organizations such because the Afro-American Unity Motion and NAACP pushed to create the Miss Black America pageant in 1968.
Equally, the Miss Black Magnificence pageant emerged in Harlem and anticipated contestants to comply with tips which celebrated black magnificence:
Hair have to be in its pure state whether or not kinky, curly or lanky. No lipstick, eyebrow pencil or falsies.
Regardless of the rules of those contests, they achieved one thing outstanding in an period that tried to erase illustration for black girls.
Fascinating reality: Do you know that Oprah Winfrey received the title of Miss Black Tennessee in 1971.
Try these fabulous photographs…
Black Magnificence Contest circa 1955, Credit score: Jim Linderman
Do you comply with the world of magnificence pageants?
