Carole Anne-Marie Gist (born c. 1970) was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2 1990 in Wichita, Kansas. The 1990 pageant is to this day considered one the most competitive ever in the history of Miss USA, with representatives from Georgia (Brenda Leithleiter), Alaska (Karin Elizabeth Meyer), Kentucky (Tiffany Tenfelde), South Carolina (Gina Tolleson, … Wikipedia
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