Philadelphia-founded Miss Black America Pageant continues to celebrate Black beauty after nearly six decades

The Miss Black America Pageant celebrated its 58th anniversary, and to celebrate, you have to go back to its storied ...

A Philly-area dad started the Miss Black America pageant to make his daughters' dreams come true

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 ...
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Carbondale girl crowned the first-ever National Little Miss Black America

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 ...

The new Miss America doesn't think the competition should get rid of the age limit

Miss America 2025 Abbie Stockard, a 22-year-old college student, supports the pageant's age limit. Contestants must be between the ages of 18 and 28.