Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin Has Won the Miss America Pageant
A classical vocalist whose pageant platform is āadvocating for the arts,ā 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 āunitedā states:
what a time to be alive


















