So, he decided to do something about it. The Miss Black America Pageant celebrated its 58th anniversary in 2026, and to ...

The Miss Black America Pageant celebrated its 58th anniversary in 2026, and to celebrate the milestone, you have to go back to its storied beginning and its founder, John Anderson.

The Miss Black America Pageant made history on multiple fronts at its 58th anniversary celebration, held at the historic Gun & Rod Campground in Houston, Delaware. In a ...

It only took three decades, but I guess it’s better late than never? On Sunday night, Vanessa Williams returned as a judge for the Miss America pageant, just 32 years after becoming the first black ...

Betty Cantrell won the Miss America 2016 Pageant on September 13, 2015. She became the 89 th Miss America. She was crowned by Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Betty ...

When I spoke with BeBe Shopp in August, she had one last dream: to return to the Miss America stage. Weeks later, at age 95, she did just that — walking out in Orlando with her daughter at her side, ...

Now 58 years running, the Miss Black America pageant started in 1968 after John Anderson's daughters told him they wanted to be Miss America someday. At that time, a Black woman had never been ...