Our Crowns, Our Glory: America’s Reigning Beauty Queens Are Black, Bold and Rocking Many Crowns

BY MICHAELA ANGELA DAVIS via https://www.essence.com

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, MISS AMERICA, MISS USA AND MISS TEEN USA ARE ALL BLACK WOMEN. HERE THE REIGNING QUEENS—NIA FRANKLIN, CHESLIE KRYST AND KALIEGH GARRIS — REFLECT ON THIS MONUMENTAL MOMENT AND SET THEIR TIARAS ASIDE (FOR JUST A SHORT WHILE) TO ROCK OUR BELOVED CULTURAL CROWNS

Welcome to the era when Black Women reign supreme. In May 2018, a lone sister from Los Angeles glided down the aisle of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Trailing behind her was a 16-foot monarch veil (named after Princess Di) secured to an antique diamond filigree tiara that once belonged to Queen Mary (the one of England, not Hip-Hop Soul). At the end of her runway, Meghan Markle would become a princess of the United Kingdom, bearing the official title Her Royal Highness The Duchess of …

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