Mark Kennedy, Ap Entertainment Writer Updated 2:19 pm PDT, Friday, May 3, 2019 FILE - In this Thursday, May 2, 2019 file photo, Miss North Carolina Cheslie Kryst wins the 2019 Miss USA final competition in the Grand Theatre in the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev. Three black women are the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America. Chelsie Kryst completed the historic triple on Thursday, May 2, 2019 beside pageant winners 2019 Miss America Nia Franklin and recently crowned 2019 Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File) less FILE - In this Thursday, May 2, 2019 file photo, Miss North Carolina Cheslie Kryst wins the 2019 Miss USA final competition in the Grand Theatre in the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev. Three black women are ... more Photo: Jason Bean, AP … [Read more...] about 3 black women win Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America
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Newest Miss USA is North Carolina lawyer Cheslie Kryst
Reno, Nev. -- A 27-year-old lawyer from North Carolina who represents prison inmates for free won the Miss USA title Thursday night, describing herself as a "weird kid" with a "unibrow" who's now part of the first generation of truly empowered women. Asked in the final round to use one word to summarize her generation, Cheslie Kryst of Charlotte said "innovative." "I'm standing here in Nevada, in the state that has the first female majority legislature in the entire country," she said at the event held for the first time in Reno. "Mine is the first generation to have that forward-looking mindset that has inclusivity, diversity, strength and empowered women. I'm looking forward to continued progress in my generation."New Mexico's Alejandra Gonzalez, the first runner-up, and Oklahoma's Triana Browne, the second runner-up, helped highlight the diversity of the competition on stage as the three finalists along with Kryst, who is African American.Browne said she's a proud member of the … [Read more...] about Newest Miss USA is North Carolina lawyer Cheslie Kryst
North Carolina Lawyer Cheslie Kryst Named Miss USA 2019
A 27-year-old lawyer from North Carolina who represents prison inmates for free won the Miss USA title Thursday night, describing herself as a "weird kid" with a "unibrow" who's now part of the first generation of truly empowered women. Asked in the final round to use one word to summarize her generation, Cheslie Kryst of Charlotte said "innovative." "I'm standing here in Nevada, in the state that has the first female majority legislature in the entire country," she said at the event held for the first time in Reno. "Mine is the first generation to have that forward-looking mindset that has inclusivity, diversity, strength and empowered women. I'm looking forward to continued progress in my generation." View this post on Instagram Here’s another look at my @sherrihill gown sponsored by @shopmckenziejades!! #MissUSA #RenoTahoe #GrandSierra #GSR A post shared by Cheslie Kryst (@missncusa) on May 1, 2019 at 7:34am PDT New Mexico's Alejandra Gonzalez, the first … [Read more...] about North Carolina Lawyer Cheslie Kryst Named Miss USA 2019
Lawyers, nurses, soldier, ballerina compete for Miss USA
Scott Sonner, Associated Press Updated 11:07 am PDT, Thursday, May 2, 2019 FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, Miss USA Sarah Rose Summers participates in the swimsuit and evening gown stage of the 67th Miss Universe competition in Bangkok, Thailand. The women who want to be crowned the next Miss USA include a psychological operations expert in the Army reserves, a former NFL cheerleader on a career path to become a surgical nurse and a lawyer who represents unjustly jailed prisoners for free. The 51 contestants representing each U.S. state and the District of Columbia take the stage Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Reno, Nev., for the first time at a hotel-casino where Vanessa and Nick Lachey will serve as hosts. less FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, Miss USA Sarah Rose Summers participates in the swimsuit and evening gown stage of the 67th Miss Universe competition in Bangkok, Thailand. The women who want to be ... more … [Read more...] about Lawyers, nurses, soldier, ballerina compete for Miss USA
Somali-American teen to be first fully covered Muslim contestant in Miss Minnesota USA
Halima Aden knows she’ll stand out at the Miss Minnesota USA pageant — and that’s the point. While other contestants don revealing bikinis during the swimsuit portion of the competition this weekend, she will cover her body from neck to wrist to ankle. Aden, a 19-year-old Somali-American, will wear a colorful headscarf and show only her face. She will be the first fully covered Muslim woman to compete in the state pageant. She entered intent on breaking barriers for Muslim women, to counter the negative image that they are oppressed. “The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I’m doing it because I want to do it,” said Aden, a freshman at St. Cloud State University. “I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.” But admittance into the two-day competition, which begins Saturday at Burnsville’s Ames Center, does not come without a cost. … [Read more...] about Somali-American teen to be first fully covered Muslim contestant in Miss Minnesota USA