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Chanté Griffin is a writer and entertainer who focuses on race and culture. Her work has appeared in Ebony, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Magazine. She's also the creator of the sketch comedy projects When Black History First Go Wrong and 14 Days of Funny. Learn more about her on her website, yougochante.com.

A collage of three Black beauty pageant winners on a talkshow.

First Person Chanté Griffin May 28, 2019

Celebrating Blackness In Beauty Pageants: It’s Complicated

Chanté Griffin May 28, 2019

For the first time in history, Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA are all Black women. But can American pageants ever escape their racist, sexist history?