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MISS BLACK USA™ QUEENS shine on daytime tv with sherri shepherd

Aired 5/15/2025

we celebrate the intelligence, strength, and beauty of our contestants’ unique hair types, skin tones, shapes, and sizes.

scholarship * leadership * empowerment

2026 contestants

smashing stereotypes: 80% of Miss Black USA™ contestants are in graduate or professional school

Texas

Shekinah Burden

Maryand

Valdreace Williams

Massachusetts

Arlette Dervil

California

Justice Haynes

Tennessee

Carline Boston

Illinois

Alizah Washington

Southern States

Southern States

Christina Mosley

Missouri

Deirra Williams

Georgia

WInslyn Parrish

New York

Marcell Genesis

Arizona

Mikayla Lupampa

Vermont

Harmony Edosomwan

Ohio

Isis Evans

Connecticut

Ariel Gordino

Appalachia

Cheyenne Torres

North Carolina

Simone Bryant

Virginia

Aneyka Keller

Louisiana

Kierra Jackson

Oklahoma

Reese Alexander

“Because of Miss Black USA, I won a full tuition merit scholarship to the University of dc School of law. That’s what real impact looks like.”

—naiylah archer, Miss Black USA 2025

Miss Black USA™ is the largest provider of scholarships for Black women awarding over $750,000 in scholarships to date.

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