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beyoncescock:

sbrown82:

securelyinsecure:

Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin Has Won the Miss America Pageant

A classical vocalist whose pageant platform is “advocating for the arts,” Franklin sang an operatic selection from the opera La Boheme.

She won a $50,000 scholarship along with the crown in the first Miss America pageant to be held without a swimsuit competition.

*every black girl across these “united” states:

what a time to be alive

lion-wasczyk:

_#ICONIC