Making It Rain on These Hoes: Caressa Cameron Crowned Miss America

Posted on January 31st, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: A "Lil Positivity", Congratulations, Making it Rain on Them Hoes, News

Miss Virginia, Caressa Cameron, was crowned Miss America last night at the 2010 Miss America pageant:

The 22 year-old sang the “Dreamgirls” ballad “Listen,” rocked a bright-yellow evening gown, and exhorted kids to get off the couch and play outdoors — and did so with just enough spunk and charisma to win a $50,000 scholarship over 52 other women. Cameron emerged as an early favorite, having won a talent prize during preliminary competition this week. But the Virginia Commonwealth University communications major truly broke away from the pack during Saturday night’s interview portion. While the other six finalists gave halting answers, Cameron seemed prepared for the pop-question about what to do about the epidemic of teen obesity. Among the celebrity judges featured on Saturday’s broadcast: Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who declared he was looking for four things in the future Miss A: “Poise, confidence, articulation, and she must like herself.”

Beautiful young woman, congrats to her!!

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  • You Go, Girl!

    She is absolutely beautiful! Rushy boy voted for her. All r a ci st white men love black women.

  • Jamillah

    Congrats to the sista. She’s lovely and obviously intelligent.

  • cool

    I strongly recommend ______ W e a l t h y F i s h * C o m ______ to you where I just found my wealthy boyfriend! You know it is a great place to meet wealthy men and beautiful women. What’s kind of relationship do you want?

  • I’m Just Me…Keeping It Real Since: 1983……75 DAYS!!!!

    GO GIRL!!! She is beautiful!!!! But looks very down to earth as well. She better work!

  • http://Timeiscoffee.com TimeisCoffee

    was she in Haiti during the earthquake ? Why her head is like this ? She’s not beautiful!

  • Ara

    VA STAND UP!!!!

  • KitKat

    She’s beautiful. Congrats to her!

  • PriyaPree

    SHE HAD A QUESTION THAT WAS PERFECT. I KNOW HER PAGEANT COACH WAS PROUD… B-CAZ A QUESTION LIKE SHE HAD IS ONE U PRACTICE, PRACTICE.. & IT WAS CLEAR BY HOW QUICKLY SHE ANSWERED THE QUESTION…. GOOD JOB…

    NOW THEIRS A BLACK LADY THAT ALL THE PRO ATHLETES ARE TRYING 2 GET HER NUMBER 2DAY…

  • letsgo.gitit

    Shes HOTT

  • Laquita

    She is very Beautiful! It’s good to see a black person win a white contest.

  • Luvlee

    She is adorable!!! Beautiful! i am so glad she won!

  • jazz

    UH Oh! VA in the house! LOL! DMV all day! Lmao

    Nah foreal, She’s a Beautiful girl. I’m glad she won. She seems to have a nice personality and is beautiful on top of that. Showing these hoes whats up. Keep it up girl. :)

  • Kool Breeze

    Intelligent and confident women of color got this miss america pagent on lock or any other beauty pageant they participate in, just can’t deny the physical beauty of a sistah.

  • oo really?

    hmm laquita…you prolly that b_*_t_c_h on the side that would say she’s tryna be white by being in the contest…stop usin race to define someone’s accomplishment…she won for her talent

  • Sydney™

    “Cameron is a broadcast journalism student at Virginia Commonwealth University, and wants to become an anchor.”

    Good luck with all of your goals, Caressa! Congrats! :)

  • VA666

    Yay! VA in da house!

  • Dilla

    Get it girl! She’s gorgeous, congrats!

  • http://Timeiscoffee.com TimeisCoffee

    @SMILEY

    From the vitruvian man to Hegel’s essay on beauty.
    we can all give our opinion.

    Maybe i’m not beautiful but i still think shes not beautiful either!!!

  • Somali Ninga

    Who cares Miss America is cheesy and fake as hell!! LOL
    But i gotta admit she’s gorgeous gal!

  • Kool Breeze

    @timeiscoffee

    Anybody with 2 eyes and a soul can see and feel the beauty within and outer beauty of contessa as well as the other black and white contestants. If you can’t see that you are truely a black hole.

  • Somali Ninga

    btw Rush Limbaugh was a judge!?!? WTF

  • huggy bear

    VA.has 1 fine black women i know.CONGRATS

  • chaka1

    Like someone said, racist white men LOVE black women. They can’t help themselves.

    She is drop dead gorgeous…

  • chaka1

    And Mario Lopez could get it 24/7. AC Slater is still fine azz hell!!!!!!

  • Focused1

    Yes! Another black Miss America! Congrats to her. I hope she has nothing scandalous in her past because I just know the media will be digging in it like they always do with pageant winners, especially the sistas.

  • Rosiland T.

    She is very pretty kinda like Beyonce.And Slater is cute with his soft self.

  • Kool Breeze

    I was shocked to see rush in this kind of venue, but I’ll betcha he voted for contessa.

  • Kool Breeze

    @timeiscoffee

    Can you explain me the word ‘ Black Hole’ are u talking about the theory of relativity or about your PU@@Y.
    _______________________________________________

    BLACK HOLE…deviod of a soul and lack of vision..my definition.

  • Kool Breeze

    BTW time is coffee

    Don’t have a PU@@Y but the rod I have would shatter the chit out of your Hole.

  • nope

    i dont think shes beautiful… sorry…

  • TheOriginalBlkBarbie

    GORGEOUS WOMAN! Congratulations sweetie.

    I hate these pageant evening gowns though…a mess.

  • Kool Breeze

    No need to be sorry..the folks who feel the same as you are definitely in the LOW minority.

  • Tiffany Drake

    I think she is a beautiful
    young lady with talent and class.

    Black President,
    Black Princess,
    Black Miss America,
    Black Surgeon General,
    Black Governors,
    Black Mayors,
    Black Scientists,
    Black Doctors,

    Applause Applause Applause….

  • http://www.oakwood.edu Stanley

    Black cars, Black people, Black queen, everything! Ha!

  • notadummy

    IS THERE A REAL PURPOSE FOR MISS AMERICA. NOT REALLY. I COULD GIVE MINUS A FQCK!!

  • KitKat

    She is very pretty kinda like Beyonce.

    ————————————-

    I didn’t want to be the first one that said it, but she does kind of looks like a browner, more noticeably black version of Beyonce.

  • Angee

    Congrats Caressa!

    $50,000 in scholarship money is not bad at all. Plus this can help jump start a career in other avenues.

  • http://youtube.com/sexy1234 Uhh yeah Ok

    Yeah! That’s Awsome.. Congrats pretty Lady. Keep pushing..

  • Is It 5:00 yet? I’m ready to go home.

    She’s beautiful! You go girl!

  • Somali Ninga

    Now we need an AFRICAN to win Miss World and Miss Universe!! NOW THAT’D BE A REAL ACHIEVEMENT!!! African countries never win those…SMSH!!!

  • Rihanna’s sharp n witchy fingernails took the oath

    she’s beautiful~

  • DR.FUNK

    I was in Vegas earlier in the week.Saw her & a coupla’ the other contestants cruising through Planet Hollywood.She’s really pretty in person.

  • YorkieLover

    She is beautiful…and she looks black (if you know what I mean)…

  • Miss All That!!

    Well she has a 1 year pass to get any man she wants..

  • Miss All That!!

    P.A.S.S

  • C-Red

    Congrats to her, but she ain’t the first one there has been like 4 or 5 since Vanessa williams. I’ll get excited when a dark skin girl wins the Miss America pageant. It’s seems as if only light skin chicks with light brown hair and light eyes….caucasian characteristics usually win it. Is this really a victory for us/ Anyways, it’s better than nothing so congrats!!! We have a black light skin miss America.

  • TheOriginalBlkBarbie

    Somali Ninga

    1/31/10, 12:16:pm

    Now we need an AFRICAN to win Miss World and Miss Universe!! NOW THAT’D BE A REAL ACHIEVEMENT!!! African countries never win those…SMSH!!!
    ______________________________________________

    Hey! Miss Botswana won Miss Universe…(1999?)

    She was beautiful, and her answer was one of the best ones I have ever heard at a pageant. (I was young though, lol, but I was still very impressed).

  • Mocha

    She because she won does not mean Rush voted for her, besides isn’t she bi-racial?

  • Somali Ninga

    @ TheOriginalBlkBarie
    I know but that’s the only one! The winners are usually from Latin/South America or Europe! SMH

  • number1girl

    oh my god!she’s soo beautiful, her body is perfect!uggh i’m jealous!

  • Sophiaz

    She looks like Beyonce–not good.

    What’s the point of beauty pageants?

    It’s time to move on.

  • Tanisha

    As a courtesy, I say “Congratulations!”.

    And because I live in a free country and I can express freely my thoughts: she is not representative of Black female beauty. I am black and I am ashamed that physical attractivness has come down to this.
    Miss America where is physical beauty + brains?

  • mychapstick

    We have had dark skinned black Miss Americas. Hasn’t anyone heard of Debbye Turner (Miss America 1990) and Marjorie Judith Vincent (Miss America 1991). Please do some research before accusations are made. In addition, Carole Gist, the first black Miss USA and Kenya Moore, another former Miss USA, were not light skinned.

    BTW, thank you LurkerGal for stating that the new Miss America has two black parents before this topic really started blowing up (I must admit, I thought she was birracial too).

  • Somali Ninga

    @ LurkerGal
    Almost all african americans are of mixed race!! Most African Americans have European and/or Native American blood in them!!

  • Darkesthourgla ss

    We have had dark skinned black Miss Americas. Hasn’t anyone heard of Debbye Turner (Miss America 1990) and Marjorie Judith Vincent (Miss America 1991). Please do some research before accusations are made. In addition, Carole Gist, the first black Miss USA and Kenya Moore, another former Miss USA, were not light skinned.
    ________________________________________________
    I forgot about Kenya Moore. I really don’t follow beauty paegents. Even with that being said w/ dark-skinned Miss Americas, I’m sure people were still complaining about their “Caucasian” features. Can’t please everybody.

  • Somali Ninga

    I want to see a black pageant contestant w/ an afro!! That’s a real black women not that fake, relaxed, straight hair!!

  • britsher

    they showed her parents, and both of them are black

  • Somali Ninga

    She got a nose job!! Trust me I saw pics of her in her highschool days on TMZ and her nose was bigger than it was now!! LOOK!!
    http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/31/miss-america-2010-caressa-cameron-high-school-photo/

  • Kool Breeze

    Somali…out of curiosity, are you from somalia and is that ur real picture in that avatar? Still trying to figure out whats a somali ninga..enlighten me bro….

  • Darkesthourgla ss

    I want to see a black pageant contestant w/ an afro!! That’s a real black women not that fake, relaxed, straight hair!!
    __________________________________________________

    I woundn’t mind seeing that or with locks. But no matter how light or dark she is you know those judges would be afraid of her deep down. They might have her win because of that alone, LOL.

  • http://youtube.com/sexy1234 Uhh yeah Ok

    @Somali

    Don’t you think it’s a bit weird to judge blackness like we all do and then get mad at others for putting us in boxes?

    Lol. Black with caucisoid features?? Yeah- because all blacks must look the same and fit the mold of the narrow margin they stuck you in?

    Look a Jamaicans, some of the sexiest women and some of them could pass for east African. Somali, you know very well that you brothers and cousins have “white features”…

    Damn peeps- google some vids of black beauty and see that we encompass everything, always have.

  • ITSME

    America is finally waking up to the fact that sisters are beautifull now!! Now, I hope they don’t go and try to dig up some dirt on the girl!! Y’all know what I mean. They love to build us up just to tear us down, Nevertheless , Congradulation and good luck to the sister!!!

  • Educated Chic

    @ C- Red

    I think you need to go back & look at the history. There have been 2 or 3 dark skin blk woman tht have won Miss America!!! GOOGLE IT SWEETIE!!!!

  • nywoman23

    people from african ancestry are the most racist. ya’ll always turn these blogs into something else.all i had to do was read a few comments not all because you guys always are repetitive. ya’ll take it to the same spot all the time.

    anyway she’s not pretty.

  • Fine Babe

    She’s a beautiful girl who appears to be real articulate. I’m proud to see another African American female winning the pagent title. Kudos to her and I wish her good luck with the road ahead.

  • Maygan

    No Race Issue….Simply Beauty
    She was the ONLY cute one up there! I was fully shocked at how the contest has changed so much within the past 5 years or so. The quality of girls was not at a high standard this year and Miss VA did her thing. She is BEAUTIFUL and I pray that the Media dosent tear her down.

  • Ree

    The girl is pretty. Not because she’s light or looks like Beyonce. Why can’t people celebrate her achievement? At least it’s one more role model for us. Educated, articulate and doing something positive.

    btw – ‘making it rain on these hoes’ is a terrible title.

  • bdsista

    I am very disappointed in some of the vulgar comments made on this topic. Black beauty comes in all shades and I don’t thing being dark is a litmus test of beauty or blackness. That being said, for all those people who don’t think pageants are worth anything. I was in a show with a young lady from Howard U, who was raised by a single parent and was trying to win the Miss America title to get scholarship money for college. She entered Ms. Maryland three times and lost to white contestants. Interestingly there was a van outside congratulative one contestant before they had announced the winner (i.e. fixed). After that she gave up. But a lot of young women compete for money for college, not just to be in media. (But that helps).

  • Somali Ninga

    @ uhh yeah ok.
    I dont care what ppl think of Somalis because Somalis are the best in the world!! LOL Yes im egocentric!!
    Yea our ppl(east africans) got white features but we couldnt control that…blame genetics ;)

  • Ne Ne aka iB@S

    What’s the point of beauty pageants?

    It’s time to move on.
    ___________________________
    ughh scholarship hellooo! you also get to travel

  • pretti brown

    We are blessed to belong to a race of people who have an array of features as well as complexions. I find it very insulting that when a black woman skin is not dark chocolate, hair is not kinky, or have features that are narrow it is assumed those feature came from some other race please take some time to look at the people of africa other races got those features from us not the other way around.

  • Truth or Consequences

    Beautiful intelligent sista, I love them all
    :-)

  • pretti brown

    @ somali

    What do you mean east africans have white feature, those are african features. i have never seen a white person with the beauty of an east african. Just because a lot of them don’t have wide noses does not make the features european a look at the pyramid walls and ancient sculptures the features have not changed or been corrupted by white genes.

  • TheOriginalBlkBarbie

    @ pretti brown

    COSIGN 100% with both of your comments.

  • Somali Ninga

    @ pretti brown
    I just said that some east africans have europeans features becuase of GENETIC!!! Thin noses, jaw shape, etc! Im not trying to glorify it!!

  • TheOriginalBlkBarbie

    Hmmm…this may be random BUT I think that beauty pageants should ban the entrance of anyone who has had plastic surgery for STRICTLY COSMETIC PURPOSES. (Not insinuating that the girl above has had any – she doesn’t look like she has tampered with the plastic at all). However, for pageants like Miss Universe, many of those contestants have had LARGE QUANTITIES of plastic surgery or at least one procedure done. I don’t think that pageants should represent beauty that was purchased. The exaggerated quantities of makeup, weave, and veneers are bad enough. Plastic surgery winners just makes a mockery of the whole thing.

  • http://www.swirlsociety.com swirlsociety

    shes a beautiful girl congrats to her

  • dijah nicole

    @ timeiscoffe your a freakin hater lmao!!! SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AND VERY TALENTED!!! HER ATTITUDE IS BEAUTIFUL!! SO STOP HATING PLEASE WHY COMMENT IF YOU HAVE NOTHING NICE TO SAY… BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER… IF YOU DONT THINK SHE CUTE “SO WHAT” WHY CLICK ON THE SITE TO SEE HER?!? SHE CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION DIDNT SHE?!?

  • White Cracker Women Looses Again

    Ha!Ha!

  • Black Women – The Dominant Gene

    Black Women your in the White House,Your Educated,Talk Shows,your the Top Singers the Top Dancers,your Exotic Skin Tones out shine anyone.

    Your so amazing theres nothing you can’t do.Everyone wants butts like you,hips like you,skin tones like you,curly hair like you,different color skin tones of kids like you,swagger like you,everthing a Black Women is Bless With other women try to copy off you.

    But Black Women can’t be touched.

  • I’m a Black Women I’m the Creator of all I’m Light Bronze Skin Tone and I’m the Sh*t I can’t Be Touched

    God Bless me with the ability to create every exotic skin tone,exotic features,I am the first and the last no other woman can ever top me.

    I’m a black woman born from a black mother and black father! when I walk through the malls every woman & men notice me, I have exotic light bronze skin tone long naturally curly hair or I can wear bone stringy straight.

    I have a nice real huge butt,real full lips,real huge breast,real curves I look at white skinned women like the trash they are I’m the first and the last.

  • nywoman23

    pretti brown

    1/31/10, 18:53:pm

    We are blessed to belong to a race of people who have an array of features as well as complexions. I find it very insulting that when a black woman skin is not dark chocolate, hair is not kinky, or have features that are narrow it is *****umed those feature came from some other race please take some time to look at the people of africa other races got those features from us not the other way around.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    i beg to differ. one hand washes the other. meaning certain features are created when people from different ethnicity’s combine.a pure pure african no way is making a little light skin , thin nose etc not unless it is combined with someone else other than african. the best beauty does come from mixed ethnicity’s. both sides bring to the table.

  • samara

    you are wrong my husband and i are pure west africn no white or other blood and we are fair and so are our kids besides you are white just pretening to be black i can spot impostors you know get a life okay. miss america is pure black and beautiful. she wont be wrinkled till shes 80 and perfect figure. no need for alterations like heidi montag

  • nywoman23

    samara

    1/31/10, 23:56:pm

    you are wrong my husband and i are pure west africn no white or other blood and we are fair and so are our kids besides you are white just pretening to be black i can spot impostors you know get a life okay. miss america is pure black and beautiful. she wont be wrinkled till shes 80 and perfect figure. no need for alterations like heidi montag
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    youre so foolish. you wouldnt know what lies deep in your background pass you great grandparents.get a life.that little light color she has wouldnt be produced from pure africaness. youre obviously ignorant when it comes to biology

  • MERCY

    BLACK PEOPLE OF AMERICA WHAT’S UP WITH THIS LIGHT SKINNED BROWN SKINNED CHOCOLATE SKINNED ISSUES GOING ON OVER THERE?, BLACK PEOPLE IN EUROPE DO NOT HAVE THESE ISSUES. FOR F**K SAKE WE ARE ALL BLACK PEOPLE, IN THE NEGRO RACE WE HAVE ALL THESE SKIN SHADES IN ONE FAMILY SO AMERICA GET REAL WE ARE ALL BLACK PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE DAY. THE NEW MISS AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN WITH A GORGEOUS SMILE.

  • AnonymousGal

    nywoman23,

    You are entitled to your opinions just like everybody else. Why are you so angry? Why must you resort to name calling? If you are colorstruck and are enamored by white features, so be it, but you need to grow up, and stop acting like a moron, and for goodness sake, take care of your anger issues.

    You need to listen to this brother on youtube named JayLove47. He talks about black people like you. There is a mental imbalance amongst many black people. It can’t be helped. When one has been told over and over again that they and their features are inferior, they can’t help but believe it. Blacks (if you are black), like you are a product of such mentality. You clearly have issues with your ideal of race and ethnicity. Free your mind, and the rest will follow.

  • Mock Rock Star

    Congratulations to her…although she’s no Vanessa Williams ;-)

  • Educated Chic

    @ Submit

    Danmmmm u r so true!!! Its the winter/fall now & im orginally brown skin (Mary J Blige color) & i’ve turned lighter… In the summer I’ll probably be back dark (probably Jennifer Hudson color). I luv my skin!!! I shades are beautiful!

  • Truth… and Di*k Hurts

    @ ss
    1/31/10, 14:43:pm

    We have had dark skinned black Miss Americas. Hasn’t anyone heard of Debbye Turner (Miss America 1990) and Marjorie Judith Vincent (Miss America 1991). Please do some research before accusations are made. In addition, Carole Gist, the first black Miss USA and Kenya Moore, another former Miss USA, were not light skinned.
    _______________________________________________
    you have a serious identity problem, the contest is not a skin color contest but for someone who embodies Miss America criteria wholely regarless of skin color, that said, black comes in many shades, the fact that you are skillet black and that this “light skinned” sista doesn’t represent you is ridiculous at best, she’s a black woman..period…you can be self hating and petty and judge her on your skin coolr if you want to; but you are missing out on some beautiful light skinned peeps because of your ignorance….it’s bad enough white people are racist..it’s even worse when it comes from within the race, you’re no different than a white racist.

  • Wendy

    wow! Congrats to her!!

  • Dontraiel Austin

    Im so glad she won because she was my pick from the begining!!! I like her!!!!

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  • Ms. Real

    This girl is ugly AF. this is not a black or white issue. Miss. America is not a “White” contest. I understand that they are looking for the “total package,” but this package is poorly wrapped. Yuck and No thanks.

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