Miss Black USA Shayna Rudd

Miss Pennsylvania Shayna Rudd was crowned as Miss Black USA, Shayna Rudd said

“It was really surprising because all of the ladies were so fabulous,”

about her big win at the University of District of Columbia Theater on Aug. 3.
Rudd stepped ahead of the line in her shimmery pink evening gown.

New Miss Black USA, Rudd won a bevy of prizes that included a $5,000 wardrobe from Stevens, cash scholarships, a year’s worth of make up from African-American cosmetics company Black Opal, where she will also serve as a spokesperson, and an expense paid trip to Ghana, among many other prizes.

“I’m the kind of Black woman that wakes up every morning and loves to be Black,”

Rudd says proudly.

“So it wasn’t for me, but I can’t say that it’s not for every Black woman.”

“I’m by no means a pageant girl. You would look at me and be like, ‘Miss Black who?’”

she says.

“I don’t do the diamonds or the glimmer. All of that is nice but the meaning behind it all is what draws me in.”

She also said

“I have gotten to the point of the competition where I wasn't worried about winning. I was just worried about doing my very best because it was my last pageant. So, I just wanted to have a good time.”