Many elements of a Miss Juneteenth pageant will be familiar to pageant watchers: Winners are adorned with a sash and crown; given bouquets of flowers; and photographed and showered with attention.

Junior Miss Juneteenth London Lampkin, left, and Miss Juneteenth Destiny Okonkwo, gets help with their sashes before the parade on Saturday, June 15, 2024 in Houston. on Saturday, June 15, 2024 in ...

Miss Juneteenth Georgia Nirvana Harrison (in red sash) and other court members of the Royal National Juneteenth Pageant on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the Juneteenth People's Parade ...

This weekend, 8-year-old Jalissa’d Sims will carry that legacy to the stage as the East Texas representative for Junior Miss Juneteenth in the state finals.

The Miss Juneteenth Pageant comes with the usual trappings of sashes and crowns, bouquets, and evening gown and talent competitions — but it emphasizes individuality and empowerment for young ...

The Miss Juneteenth pageants are not beauty pageants. Unlike mainstream American pageants, Black competitions are usually "a visual component of freedom." According to Kimberly Pellum, ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Backstage at a downtown hotel, Saniya Gay, the reigning Delaware Miss Juneteenth, is holding court among a sea of sequins and the smell of hot curling irons. Gay, who was ...

A line of five Mr and Miss Juneteenth winners is driving down King Drive in Corvettes, queuing up for the parade. Each young person is waving to the crowd, wearing a crown and sash, as their ...

Breona Maynard smiles as Miss Juneteenth 2022 DaMaris Jones pins the sash on her as the newly awarded Miss Juneteenth on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at Hamline University. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press) ...

And for “Miss Juneteenth,” which foregrounds the story of a woman rarely given this much screen consideration, Beharie didn’t need to seek inspiration in prior films or performances.