My People Were Homesteading In Colorado Before

Coming From The '50s, Things Were Very Violent.

I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup.

My Family Was Very, Very Receptive To All; All Races, Religions.

I Never Went In Thinking, "you're An African-american Woman, So You're Never Going To Win." I Was Just In Career Doing Beauty Pageants For The Experience, And To Show My Brains And Talent And Help Break Stereotypes. It Wasn't Like, "oh, I'll Become A Star. I'm Beautiful." I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup. When You Come From An Environment That's Military, And They Don't Stress That Topic Of Aesthetics Or Beauty Pageants And Makeup, There Are A Lot Of Things You Just Don't Have That City Girls Have.

Thats What I Crave That Diversity.