Nelson Mandela had been freed and I had a feeling in my heart from God that a black would win. (Carole Gist, Miss USA 1990, on being the first black woman ever to win the Miss USA title)

Quote by Carole Gist

Topics: Beauty Pageant Quotes

I can't make it in today. My iguana is in a beauty pageant today.

I can't make it in today. My iguana is in a beauty pageant today.

I hate the whole tall-poppy syndrome. I don't want people to think it's all gone...

I hate the whole tall-poppy syndrome. I don't want people to think it's all gone...

Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that...

Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that...

This is war, not a beauty pageant, do what you have to do to make...

This is war, not a beauty pageant, do what you have to do to make...

I think rather than feeling persecuted that youre meeting up with a challenge simply because...

I think rather than feeling persecuted that youre meeting up with a challenge simply because...

You look like you just stepped out of a beauty pageant. Looking like the Kardashians...

You look like you just stepped out of a beauty pageant. Looking like the Kardashians...

You need a role model who is beautiful, is trendy, and yet is still intelligent...

You need a role model who is beautiful, is trendy, and yet is still intelligent...

I always have faith in my talent and for that reason I work day to...

I always have faith in my talent and for that reason I work day to...

There are three things pageant women do. There`s the Vaseline thing, which I didn`t do....

There are three things pageant women do. There`s the Vaseline thing, which I didn`t do....

Scientists are complaining that the new Dinosaur movie shows dinosaurs with lemurs, who didn't evolve...

Scientists are complaining that the new Dinosaur movie shows dinosaurs with lemurs, who didn't evolve...

I would tell her to believe in herself because it is not only physical beauty...

I would tell her to believe in herself because it is not only physical beauty...

People that think life is a beauty pageant will usually fail.

People that think life is a beauty pageant will usually fail.

Its high school not a beauty pageant. Stop worrying bout wat you're goin to look...

Its high school not a beauty pageant. Stop worrying bout wat you're goin to look...

I would never do another one but at the time it was fun. (On entering...

I would never do another one but at the time it was fun. (On entering...

We were standing together on stage and right before they started calling out the positions,...

We were standing together on stage and right before they started calling out the positions,...

I'm not going to be a model for the rest of my life, I want...

I'm not going to be a model for the rest of my life, I want...

I love beauty pageants. I love the idea of representing my country at an international...

I love beauty pageants. I love the idea of representing my country at an international...