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In 1970, a black woman from Iowa named Cheryl Brown won a state title and made it to Atlantic City as a contestant. The first black to make it to the top five was Lencola Sullivan from Arkansas in 1980. Vanessa Williams was the first African American to winthe pageant in 1984.

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