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Miss Black UT Responds to Critics Who Accused Her of "Not Being Black Enough" to Deserve Her Crown

"I hope their eyes can be opened to know that we come in all different shades and don't have to look a certain way to be black."

“While realizing the impressiveness of her initiative, the reality is that her victory has been overshadowed by a barrage of negative commentary regarding her racial background.”