Hilary Levey Friedman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Education, provided commentary on the evolving definition of what it means to be a pageant winner, following this weekend's Miss Universe pageant that crowned Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa the winner. "The idea of what we think is beautiful has expanded... Skin color. Body type. Curly hair. If you look at all this year’s winners, they look like themselves,” said Levey Friedman.

Black women reign at beauty pageants (comments by Hilary Levey Friedman) — The New York Times