.........#1 Reason She Rocked Her Natural Hair During Miss USA Pageant

           

Deshauna Barber passed the Miss USA crown to Kara McCullough rocking her natural hair.

 

She speaks on what happens behind the scene, 

“Competing in Miss Universe and dealing with the fans of competitors in other countries got tough, Deshauna told Refinery 29. “I had no idea how much racism I would experience from an international standpoint. They'd send me monkey emojis, and say that my skin looked like a poop emoji and tag me in photos with apes... I didn’t speak about it, because I didn't want to deter anyone from competing. You want to make it seem like everything is happy and hunky-dory, but there are a lot of very challenging moments.”

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I thought it was beautiful that I could represent those darker chocolate girls that don't always see themselves on the national stage.

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  Deshauna always rejected the idea, but she had a change of heart for her final walk before crowning Kara McCullough (Miss D.C.) . She did it as a tribute to her late mother on Mother’s Day, the day of the finale.

"When you're crowned with a look, then that's the look you're expected to maintain. A lot of people in the pageant world are still very old school. They believe in a traditional look, a traditional Miss USA. [The organization] is trying to, in my opinion, open up that world."
"So, when I said I wanted to wear my natural hair, they were jumping for joy. I appreciate them for that — [but] I didn't want to stretch it too much. I wanted to take baby steps. If I take a small one by showing my natural 4c hair, the next girl will take one, and then we'll ease our natural hairstyles into the pageant community. Because in all honesty, I don't think that the pageant community is ready for a braided-up Miss USA."

"When they called D.C. this year, I almost had a heart attack. I crowned her when she won D.C., and I was so excited to crown her when she won Miss USA. That moment felt so good not only to embrace diversity of races and backgrounds, but diversity of appearances and hair textures, too. For me to walk out in my natural hair and to crown someone with natural hair broke down walls. It opened up a world for the girls who feel they need to straighten their curls and add long extensions."

And for that, we are grateful.
You can read about her full experience as Miss USA, including those racial hardships, here.
Photo: Getty



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