2019 has been a year of wins for black-skinned women. In a time and era where people are all out to change their skin colour.

A number of black women have done the continent of Africa proud in beauty pageants this year.

Its woman crush Wednesday and we are celebrating these black-skinned beauty queens of 2019.

1. Miss World 2019 – Toni- Ann Singh

Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh, won the 2019 Miss World title. Singh impressed the judges at the event in Excel, London after singing Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing” and answering a variety of questions.

She said:
“This feels like a dream, I’m so grateful. Whatever it is you see in me, thank you. I’m ready to get to work.”

She beat 111 other contestants representing different countries, to be the fourth Jamaican winner of the title since the competition began.

2. Miss World Africa – Nyekachi Douglas

21-year-old Nyekachi made Nigeria proud by surmounting all odds and making it to the top five overall out of 111 contestants. She was also named Miss World Africa.

Here are some achievements of Nyekachi:

• Miss World top 10 model finalist.
• Miss World sports competition (second place).
• Finalist for the Miss World talent auditions.
• Group 11 winner of the head to head challenge.
• Head to head challenge finalist.

3. Miss Universe 2019 – Zozibini Tunzi

Zozibini Tunzi was born on 18th September 1993. She is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder recently crowned Miss Universe 2019.

Tunzi began her pageantry career in 2017. She was accepted as one of the top 26 semifinalists of Miss South Africa 2017, although she was not selected as one of the twelve finalists. However, she returned to pageantry to compete in the Miss South Africa 2019 competition.

During the competition, Tunzi advanced to the top twenty as the first semifinalist for the Africa/Asia-Pacific continental region. She then advanced to the top ten, then the top five, and ultimately the final three.

At the end of the event, Tunzi emerged Miss Universe 2019 by titleholder Catriona Gray of the Philippines, beating first runner-up Madison Anderson of Puerto Rico and second runner-up Sofía Aragón of Mexico.

Also read:
Miss Jamaica Wins Miss World 2019, Miss Nigeria Celebrates Excitedly
Miss South Africa Emerges Winner Of Miss Universe Pageant 2019
Zimbabwean Student Vimbai Chapungu Becomes First Black Miss London

4. Miss London 2019 – Vimbai Chapungu

History was made when 24-year-old Vimbai Chapungu was crowned Miss London 2019. The Zimbabwean-born Masters student is the first black woman to hold the title.

She qualified as one of the 50 finalists out of other 20,000 women that entered this year’s competition.

As the first Black woman to have the Miss London title, Vimbai took advantage of this by wearing her natural hair during the Miss England finals to highlight natural beauty to the audience. She was placed in the top 3 of 55 for the bare-faced model title.

Her Masters’ thesis is about the Natural Hair Movement, which is a social phenomenon that seeks to empower Black women to wear their hair in its natural state, as opposed to chemically processing/relaxing their hair which has adverse health issues.

Big thumbs up to these beauty queens who made Africa and black women worldwide proud in 2019.

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