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Miss Navajo Nation is a pageant that has been held annually on the Navajo Nation, United States, since 1952. The first Miss Navajo was Beulah Melvin Allen , in 1952. [ 1 ] She was crowned at the Navajo Nation Fair, the largest fair held on the Navajo Nation, which had been established three years earlier.
Radmilla A. Cody (born 1975) is a Navajo model, singer, and anti-domestic violence activist who was the 46th Miss Navajo from 1997 to 1998. [3]She was the first biracial Miss Navajo and thus so far the only Miss Navajo partially of African-American heritage, her nomination sparked considerable debate over Navajo identity. [3]
Beulah Margaret Melvin was born in Eureka, California on July 19, 1937, moving with her family at 18 months old to Fort Defiance, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. [2] [3] [4] Her mother was a nurse at the Fort Defiance Indian Hospital. [4] In 7th grade, she moved to California and stayed there until she finished high school. [2]
In the pale light of dawn at this year's Miss Navajo Nation pageant, 25-year-old Begaye and another contestant opened a week of competition with a timed sheep-butchering contest. Begaye says ...
The Miss Indian Arizona program is 60 years old, but it is also part of a new movement as Indigenous royalty serve as cultural ambassadors. Indigenous pageants defy the 'Indian Princess' myth ...
Mark Ruffalo is encouraging Native American communities make their voices heard in the polls, one step at a time.. The 56-year-old actor traveled to the Navajo Nation on Saturday, Oct. 12, to ...
While at the school, she was awarded Miss Indian Brigham Young University. [8] [6] In 1982, she competed in Miss Navajo Nation. During the competition's skills portion, she told a story about the Changing Woman. She won the competition, becoming Miss Navajo Nation from 1982 to 1983. After the contest, she continued storytelling. [1]
Radmilla Cody , 46th Miss Navajo Nation (1998), traditional singer, enrolled member of the Navajo Nation with African-American ancestry, first bi-racial Miss Navajo, and advocate against domestic violence in both the Navajo Nation and the state of Arizona [104]