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Brockton native Sabrina K. Victor recaps for NBC10 Boston her 2020 Miss USA experience and shares why it’s so important
NBC10 Boston: Growing up in a Haitian household, how were you able to break from the traditional expectations around career options and get in to the world of pageantry?
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I love being Haitian and I think it’s important that I represent my heritage on the Miss USA stage⦠As a first-generation American I have so much respect for immigrants. My mother emigrated to this country. I just wanted to make sure that I was uplifting my culture and that I was showing people that I am proud to be Haitian, and they should be proud to be Haitian as well. There should be no shame in it.
In September of this year, the House of Representatives passed the CROWN Act, which ban hair discrimination. What was the decision-making process for you to wear your natural hair?
I went natural three years ago and I started my pageant journey five years ago. When I cut my hair off it was a spur-of-the-moment decision and I wasn’t really thinking about how it would affect me pageant-wise. I just did it. Everyone was shocked and confused… I placed