Earlier this month, Winooski resident Concord Edosomwan turned the primary particular person from the Inexperienced Mountain State to win the Miss Black USA pageant. Edosomwan, who additionally acquired the Folks’s Selection Award and Coronary heart of Service Award, needs to make use of her platform to advocate for meals injustice and Black maternal well being.
Edosomwan moved to the state a decade in the past to attend the College of Vermont. She began her soul meals catering firm Concord’s Kitchen whereas nonetheless an undergraduate.
“The Vermont group too has been overwhelmingly simply so supportive,” she stated. “From my yr as Miss Black Vermont to my journey as Miss Black USA, from serving to me win the Folks’s Selection Award to the a whole bunch of messages I’ve acquired.”
Together with her win, Edosomwan receives a full-ride scholarship to attend legislation faculty. The Miss Black USA pageant has awarded greater than $750,000 in scholarships in its virtually 40-year historical past.
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