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Last week, Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi, was crowned 2019’s Miss Universe, making it the first time in history that Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA and now Miss Universe have all been Black women. Now it appears two of the queens from this list have now become roommates!
According to Because of Them We Can, newly crowned Tunzi, and Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst, took to social media to celebrate their new living situation and fans couldn’t get enough of their supportive excitement.
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“Congrats to our new Miss Universe, @zozitunzi!!!! You represented us with class and grace and humility and I’m thrilled that I can call you a sister and, now, ROOMMATE!! Swipe for a little #BGM because, you guessed it, Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America are all women of color!!!!!!!” wrote Kryst.
Although South Africa has won this title twice before, Tunzi is the first Black South African in history to be honored with the crown. The excited duo even noted their similar outfits, exclaiming, “Ya’ll we’ve already started matching, this is only day one!”
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“Tonight a door was opened and I could not be more grateful to have been the one to have walked through it. May every little girl who witnessed this moment forever believe in the power of her dreams and may they see their faces reflected in mine,” Tunzi wrote on Instagram.
“This moment is historic for our organizations, and we congratulate the Miss Universe Organization on their newest team member,” Mallory Hagan, a Miss America Organization communications representative told Insider, echoing her sentiments. “We believe that representation matters and that seeing smart, diverse, community-driven women of color serving as brand spokespeople for national organizations will broaden the dreams and possibilities of young women, no matter their race, around the world.”
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Taking a page out of Jada Pinkett Smith’s playbook, Steve Harvey has inked a new deal for a daytime talk show, and it will run on the same platform that has worked magically for Red Table Talk – Facebook Watch.
Steve on Watch will premiere on the streaming platform Jan. 6 and has reportedly already taped a batch of new episodes from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, according to Variety. The shows are expected to run several times a week over a span of 10 weeks and will feature Steve sharing his opinion on a range of issues and interviewing stars, people in the news, musicians and others, similar to his TV talk show.
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“Reaching my audience anywhere and everywhere they are has always been the goal,” Harvey said in a statement, according to Variety. “Facebook Watch viewers are the most energetic, engaged community, and so are my amazing fans. Getting all those people to directly engage on a platform like this is the perfect evolution of the show.”
A spokesperson for Harvey told Variety that Steve is popular on social media, including Facebook, so the move is a smart one. Harvey’s rep and Facebook told Variety that Steve’s page received 2.2 billion views in a one-year time span – from Sept. 2018 through August 2019, and 64 million engagements. Additionally, 35 of his videos were each viewed more than 10 million times.
As of April, Harvey’s Facebook page clocked in at No. 6 for the most-viewed U.S. entertainment page, according to Tubular.
In June, Harvey’s TV show Steve, on NBC ended. NBC chose to run with Kelly Clarkson’s show over Steve’s, which reportedly made Harvey feel a certain way.
In January, while attending the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES, Harvey said he was caught off guard by the move.
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“I thought it would have been nice of them to come to me — as the only dude who’s survived [in daytime TV] for seven years — about it,” Harvey told Variety.
He added that he was starting to look at digital platforms to continue his work. “That’s money right now,” he said at the time, according to Variety. “There’s no delayed gratification.”
Here’s wishing Steve on Watch is a huge success because we love it when we win.
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