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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]
Miss Navajo is a 2007 independent documentary film directed by Billy Luther. It follows 21-year-old Crystal Frazier who, alongside six other Navajo women, competes in a beauty pageant for the title of Miss Navajo Nation 2005–2006.
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 ...
Miss Navajo was Billy Luther's first documentary film he directed. In this film, Luther explores the annual Miss Navajo pageant, which his mother won in 1966, and how contestants must demonstrate traditional skills such as language fluency and sheep shearing and butchery. It was produced and distributed by Independent Lens, a series on the PBS ...
A 71-year-old woman will make history as the oldest contestant to compete in the Miss Texas USA pageant. Marissa Teijo joined other contestants competing in the pageant this weekend in Houston.
The Navajo-inspired outfit was created by Peter Dundas, Tabitha Simmons, Gucci Westman, and 2006 Miss Navajo Nation Jocelyn Billy-Upshaw, a family friend. [9] Refinery29 called her the "breakout star" of the event. [10] That same week, she walked her first runway at New York Fashion Week. [11]