Nana Meriwether (born May 24, 1985) is a two-time NCAA All-American UCLA volleyball player and Miss USA 2012. She represented Maryland at Miss USA 2012 and finished as 1st runner-up. On December 19, 2012, after Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012, Nana assumed the title of Miss USA. Nana is currently Assistant to Glenda Bailey, the Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar. She has … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Beauty Pageant Winners
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Thursday Open Thread: Black Beauty Pageant Winners
Debbye Turner Bell (born September 19, 1965, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American TV anchor, veterinarian, talk show host, former beauty queen and winner of the 1990 Miss America pageant three days before her 24th birthday. Debbye Turner, raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas, was first runner-up at the Miss Arkansas Pageant, a state preliminary competition for the Miss America … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Beauty Pageant Winners
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Beauty Pageant Winners
Crystle Danae Stewart (born September 20, 1981) is an American actress, TV Host, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. Stewart portrays the character real estate agent Leslie Morris on the OWN/TBS comedy-drama television series Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Beauty Pageant Winners
Wednesday Open Thread: Trailblazing Black Female Directors
Euzhan Palcy is a film director, writer and producer from Martinique. She is notable for being the first black woman director produced by a major Hollywood studio (MGM), for A Dry White Season, as well as the only woman filmmaker to have directed Marlon Brando, whom she brought back to the screen after a gap of nine years. Palcy is also the first black artist to win a César … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Trailblazing Black Female Directors
Monday Open Thread: Trailblazing Black Female Directors
Originally posted 1/2015 Julie Dash was born and raised in New York City. She has toured nationally and internationally with her work, and she has received numerous awards since embarking on her film career. With the debut of Daughters of the Dust in January 1992, Julie Dash became the first African American woman to have a full-length general theatrical release in the … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Trailblazing Black Female Directors