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Beauty pageants are changing: 'It's about the whole person'

Shavana Clarke is the first openly queer and lesbian woman to win Miss º£½Ç»»ÆÞ USA.
Fadil Berisha
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Miss º£½Ç»»ÆÞ USA & Teen USA
Shavana Clarke is the first openly queer and lesbian woman to win Miss º£½Ç»»ÆÞ USA.

In its early stages, Miss America was mostly about physical beauty. Today, pageants have placed more emphasis on interviewing skills, social platform and inclusiveness.

Shavana Clarke is the first openly queer and lesbian woman to win . She shares her pageant journey and her mental health experience through her .

We also hear from Sally-Ann Fawcett, one of the judges in the first ever . It’s a competition where teams from around the world digitally create the contestants.

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Fanvue World AI Creator Awards
An AI-generated Moroccan AI influencer named Kenza Layla won the first ever Miss AI crown.

GUESTS:

  • Shavana Clarke: 2024 Miss º£½Ç»»ÆÞ USA.
  • Sally-Ann Fawcett: judge. Head judge, Miss Great Britain.

Disrupted is available as a podcast on , , , , , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.

Wayne Edwards is a freelance producer at º£½Ç»»ÆÞ contributing to multi-platform productions, including ‘Disrupted’, ‘Where Art Thou?’, and ‘Cutline in the Community’.<br/><br/>
Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Radio’s weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ and started his radio work at his graduate university’s radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.
Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on º£½Ç»»ÆÞ.
Robyn Doyon-Aitken is the Deputy Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk Shows
Meg Dalton is the director of audio storytelling and talk shows for º£½Ç»»ÆÞ where she oversees the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at º£½Ç»»ÆÞ.

Funding provided by:
The º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Office of Film, Television and Digital Media

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