African-American beauty pageant winners

Halle Maria Berry is an American actress. She began her career as a model and beauty contestant becoming Miss Ohio USA in 1986, first runner-up in Miss USA 1986 and placing sixth in Miss World 1986. Her early film roles include Boomerang (1992), The Flintstones (1994) and Bulworth (1998). She later produced and starred in the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

American actress, singer and former Miss America (born 1963)

actress, singer, Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995 (1973–2018)

American model and actress (born 1981)

American actress, model, author, and entrepreneur

Nigerian American actress, producer, host and humanitarian.

American actress, TV host, model and beauty page titleholder (born 1985)

American television correspondent, model, Miss USA 2019 (1991–2022)

Winner of Miss USA 2017 (born 1991)

American model and U.S. Army officer

Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman (born November 2, 1970) is an American beauty queen, dancer, professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Queen Sharmell alongside her husband Booker T. In 2022 Sullivan was inducted in to the WWE Hall of Fame. She was also the winner of the Miss Black America pageant in 1991.

American actress, singer (born 1962)

American beauty pageant contestant

American athlete and beauty pageant titleholder

American model and television host

American beauty pageant contestant

Miss America 2019

American beauty pageant titleholder

American politician

American model, actress, singer

American model and dancer

American model

singer

American beauty pageant titleholder (born 2002)

American model

American model

Miss America 2004

Miss America

Model and Miss Universe Ireland 2019

American film director

American transgender beauty contestant

film director