​BEING BLACK IN THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY

Black women have always been known for their strength and beauty.
In this conversation of many path clearers, the first black Ms
Universe, Janelle Penny Commissiong chats with
Sheryland Neal, the first African-American to
enter the celebrated beauty queen competition (A Noite da Beleza
Negra/ The Night of Black Beauty) of the first Afro-bloco in
Salvador, Ilê Aiyê and Helder Dias,
founder of HDA Agency in São Paulo, the first modelling
agency in Brazil specializing in black models since 2000.





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