--- title: Black Women Hold Five of World's Biggest Pageant Titles description: Miss World, Toni-Ann Singh, Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi, Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris and Miss America Nia Franklin canonical: https://time.com/5750388/black-women-hold-five-beauty-pageant-titles/ author: Tara Law article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-12-15T18:55:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:08.574Z og:title: With Miss Jamaica's Miss World Win, Black Women Now Hold Five of The World's Biggest Beauty Pageant Titles og:description: It is the first time that black women have held all five major pageant titles at once og:url: https://time.com/5750388/black-women-hold-five-beauty-pageant-titles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd468b52d6e1f71e9/698a0792011682c84397eb2a/Miss-World.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-MISS WORLD-FINAL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: With Miss Jamaica's Miss World Win, Black Women Now Hold Five of The World's Biggest Beauty Pageant Titles twitter:description: It is the first time that black women have held all five major pageant titles at once twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd468b52d6e1f71e9/698a0792011682c84397eb2a/Miss-World.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # With Miss Jamaica's Miss World Win, Black Women Now Hold Five of The World's Biggest Beauty Pageant Titles > Sponsored content. 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Newly crowned Miss World 2019 Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh smiles as she poses with her crown during the Miss World Final 2019 at the Excel arena in east London on Dec. 14, 2019. AFP via Getty Images  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Dec 15, 2019 6:55 PM UTC Black women currently hold five of the biggest beauty pageant titles in the United States, and the world. When Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh, was crowned Miss World in London on Saturday, she joined an impressive roster of black women who hold some of the world’s most prestigious pageant titles: Zozibini Tunzi as Miss Universe, Cheslie Kryst as Miss USA, Kaliegh Garris as Miss Teen USA, and Nia Franklin as Miss America (who is scheduled to crown her successor on Dec. 19). It is the first time that black women have held all of these five titles at once. The reigning Miss Earth is [Nellys Pimentel of Puerto Rico](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQhmnrklOMU), and reigning Miss International is Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand. These wins are particularly significant because of the beauty pageant industry’s troubled history with race. For decades, women of color were [banned](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/missamerica-1948-pageant-contract/) from participating in some of the biggest pageants, including [Miss America and Miss USA](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1873790%5F1873792%5F1873829,00.html). No African American women participated in Miss America until [Cheryl Browne](http://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/peopleevents/e%5Finclusion.html) represented Iowa in 1970, and a black woman didn’t take the top title until [Vanessa Williams](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2042043%5F2225830,00.html)‘ victory in 1983. Just three years ago, Miss Teen USA came under fire after racist tweets written by winner [Karlie Hay](https://time.com/4432927/miss-teen-usa-n-word-karlie-hay/) emerged, and others criticized the [lack of diversity](https://time.com/4432386/miss-teen-usa-diversity/) among contestants. Kryst, the current Miss USA (and a top 10 finalist at Miss Universe), said on [_Good Morning America_](https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/historic-black-girl-magic-black-women-hold-titles-67704990) before Singh’s victory that she’s sometimes frustrated that people don’t understand why the group’s victories are such a big deal. “I think there are times when I am disappointed, because people will sometime comment on our social media and be like, ‘Why are we talking about your race? You guys are just four, amazing women,'” Kryst said. And I’m like, ‘Yes, we are four amazing women, but there was a time when we literally could not win!’” In the same interview, Tunzi also said that she’s heard from mothers who have told her, “’My 4-year-old daughter was so excited to see you on stage. And she kept on screaming, ‘You look like me. She looks like me.’” Singh, who aspires to become a doctor, addressed little girls in her home country and elsewhere on Twitter, encouraging them to believe in themselves. “Please know that you are worthy and capable of achieving your dreams. This crown is not mine but yours. 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