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How Miss Universe's historic win helped shift the status quo for beauty standards

  • Writer: Michelle Cohan
    Michelle Cohan
  • Aug 7, 2020
  • 1 min read

Zozibini Tunzi, a Black woman with afro hair, grew up reading fashion and beauty magazines that did not contain images of women who looked like her. So when she was crowned Miss South Africa one year ago, Tunzi felt on top of the world.


Four months after her national victory, she was actually on top of the world, at least by title -- as 2019 Miss Universe, advancing over women from 89 countries in one of the most prestigious annual beauty pageants.


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