African American Miss Universe Winners

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On december 8 th 2019 zozibini tunzi miss south africa won the coveted title and crown of miss universe beating out 90 other contestants at the brand new tyler perry studios in atlanta.

African american miss universe winners. Miss usa 1990 michigan carole gist. Five black titleholders of miss universe have existed in the history of the miss universe pageant. Miss universe 2014 paulina vega colombia.

Miss universe 2013 gabriela isler venezuela. Miss universe 2015 pia wurtzbach philippines. Carole gist is the first african american woman to win the miss usa title.

She was also the first contestant from michigan to win miss usa and broke the five year streak of winners from texas. Zozibini tunzi of south africa will crown her successor at the end of the event. Who have been the african american miss usa winners.

As of march 14 2020 7 delegates have been selected to participate in the competition. Two have been from the caribbeanall from trinidad and one from the usa. Two have been from africa.

Miss universe 2017 demi leigh nel peters south africa. Miss universe 2012 olivia culpo united states. Miss universe 2018 catriona gray philippines.

Top women of color who got the miss universe crown janelle commissiong miss u 1977 chelsi smith miss u 1995 wendy fitzwilliam miss u 1998 mpule kwelagobe miss u 1999 leila lopes miss u 2011. Chelsi smith has an african american father and a euro american mother. 3 1978 2017 2019.

Miss universe 2020 will be the 69th miss universe pageant.