2023 Contestants

Name: Taniyah Cheeks

Title: Miss Arkansas

School: Spelman College

Name: Aja Thomas

Title: Miss California

School: Clark Atlanta University

Name:

Alyssa Jeter

Title: Miss Connecticut

School: Florida A&T University

Name: Jennifer Escalante

Title: Miss Delaware

School: Delaware State University


Name:

Jeniyah Joseph

Title: Miss District of Columbia

School: Howard University

Name: Jaivyn Beauford

Title: Miss Georgia

School: Johnson C. Smith University

Name: Niyah Brown

Title: Miss Kentucky

School: Kentucky State University

Name: Ashlyn Dickerson

Title: Miss Maryland

School: Clark Atlanta University


Name:

Niya Barzey

Title: Miss Massachusetts
School: Undecided

Name:

Shania Dean Motley

Title: Miss Michigan

School: Tennessee State University

Name:

Ja'Kaylee Minor

Title: Miss Mississippi

School: Texas Southern University

Name:

Ebony Lee

Title: Miss Missouri

School: Tennessee State University


Name: Sobeana Woodley

Title: Miss New Hampshire

School: Howard University

Name:

Ssanyu Lukoma

Title: Miss New Jersey

School: Howard University

Name:

Anaya Payton

Title: Miss New York

School: North Carolina A&T State University

Name:

Carlie Timmons

Title: Miss North Carolina

School: Spelman College


Name:

Selena Snell

Title: Miss Ohio

School: North Carolina Central University

Name: Lakyra Hobbs

Title: Miss Oklahoma

School: Hampton University

Name:

Nevaeh Smith

Title: Miss Pennsylvania

School: Spelman College

Name:

Jayde WIlson

Title: Miss Texas

School: North Carolina A&T State University


Name: Nadyja Grant Webster

Title: Miss West Virginia

School: North Carolina Central University

Name:

Jade McDonald

Title: Miss Wyoming

School: Alabama State University