Well, to be frank, this signals that for the first time in American history, Blackness has unanimously met America’s standard of beauty. Granted, we don’t know what this may mean for everyday race relations, but it will definitely help to inspire confidence in Black girls worldwide. Ultimately, these pageant winners may help to redefine standards of beauty around the world. This fact is one which Zoxibini was keenly aware, as evidenced by her answer to the final set of questions, “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me – with my kind of skin and my kind of hair – was never considered to be beautiful,” she said in her last response. “I think it is time that that stops today. I want children to look at me and see my face and I want them to see their faces reflected in mine.”
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