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Miss North Carolina crowned as Miss Black USA 2015 in Washington, DC

Sunday evening at UDC Theater of Arts Building Miss Black USA 2015 was crowned in front of a sold out audience

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11 years ago

August 11, 2015

UVM Staff

Miss North Carolina Crowned as Miss Black USA 2015 in Washington, DC

Miss Black USA/Candice Nicole Public Relations

Sunday evening at UDC Theater of Arts Building in Washington D.C. , Miss Black USA 2015 was crowned in front of a sold out audience.

The winner is Miss North Carolina Madison Gibbs. Madison is a native to North Carolina and an alumnus of North Carolina A&T. Gibbs is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta. She will begin her first year of law school at Howard University this week.

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During her reign, the two platforms that she will be focusing on are as follows:

Heart Truth Campaign- Bringing awareness of heart disease to Women
Are You Ok?- Platform to bring awareness about mental illness with Contemporary Family Services, Inc.

The newly crowned Madison Gibbs made an appearance on News Chanel 8 “Let’s Talk Live” yesterday. Viewers can watch it on WTTG Fox 5’s Good Day DC today, August 11, at 10:30 a.m.

Miss Black USA 1996 Dawn Moss, Miss Black USA 2015 Madison Gibbs & 2007 Dr. Kalilah Harris

For more information, please visit www.missblackusa.org

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