Performing Arts-Beauty Pageants
Clémence Botino (1997- )
Clémence Botino, born to an Indo-Caribbean mother, Katia Botino, and an Afro-Caribbean father, Oliver Botino, on January 22, 1997, in...
Nia Imani Franklin (1993- )
Nia Franklin is the 2018 Miss New York, the 2019 Miss America titleholder, and an American composer. Franklin was born...
Deise Nunes Ferst (1968- )
In 1986 eighteen-year-old Deise Nunes became the first woman of visible African descent to be named Miss Brazil in the...
Ariana Miyamoto (1994- )
On March 12, 2015, Ariana Miyamoto became the first Miss Universe Japan of mixed-race descent. The beauty queen was born...
Scharllette Allen Moses (1987- )
“Image Ownership: Mejiaperalta” In 2010, 23-year-old Scharllette Allen Moses became the first Nicaraguan of African ancestry to be crowned Miss...
Kenia Martinez (1988– )
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Twenty-two-year-old Kenia Martinez was crowned Miss Universe Honduras on July 8, 2010. She went on to...
Ericka Yadira Cruz Escalante (1981- )
Ericka Yadira Cruz Escalante became the first Miss Mexico of African descent. With that victory she completed in the Miss...
Tatiana Silva (1985- )
Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares is best known as the woman who was crowned Miss Belgium in 2005 and who represented...
Lola Odusoga (1977- )
Eighteen-year-old Lola Odusoga was crowned Miss Finland in 1996 (Miss Suomi in Finnish). Her full maiden name is Iyabode Ololade...
