Stunning Vintage Photos Of Iconic Black Women Across The Diaspora On International Women’s Day

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Jennifer Hosten of Grenada, winner of 1970 Miss World beauty contest. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Jennifer Hosten (October 31, 1947)

Named Miss World 1970, Jennifer Hosten became the first woman from Grenada to win the title and the first Black woman overall at the age of 22. Despite the protests, controversy, and accusations of racism that followed her win, Hosten served her post and toured several countries as a diplomat on behalf of her country.

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