Mitchell and Gibson Win the Texas Crowns

Selena Mitchell is Miss Black Texas USA Talented Teen 2011

Ocielia Gibson is Miss Black Texas USA 2011

Houston, TX, November 14, 2010 – There are many stars in the Texas sky and two more were just added. Selena Mitchell was crowned Miss Black Texas USA Talented Teen 2011 and Ocielia Gibson was crowned Miss Black Texas USA 2011 on Sunday, November 14, 2010, at the Sheraton Hotel in Houston, TX in a competition featuring contestants from across Texas in the statewide pageant.

San Antonio resident Selena Mitchell stole the hearts of the judges winning the title. She also was victorious in being named Miss Hospitality and won the talent and evening gown competitions. She also won Miss Hospitality. This Keystone School junior has a passion for service and has recently been awarded the Girls Scouts of USA Gold Award and the President’s Volunteer Service Gold Pin Award three years in a row. She is an entrepreneur with a home-based business called Young Tunes Piano Studio, where she teaches classical piano and theory to youth ages 5 to 11. Mitchell has already began promoting her platform of “Grow, Discover, Fly: Self-Empowerment” with her “Princess for a Day” empowerment program. Recently, she hosted 40 young girls through a series of self-empowerment workshops and is writing a book that focuses on empowering female youth.

Miss Black Central Texas USA Talented Teen Jennifer Ekeh (Interview and Most Photogenic winner) was named first runner-up. Miss Black Harris County USA Talented Teen Lauren Clemons (Miss Congeniality) was second runner-up; Miss Black Smithville USA Talented Teen Kimberly Whalon was the third runner-up; Miss Black Marshall USA Talented Teen Danelle Womack (Fitness winner) was selected as fourth runner-up.

Miss Black Texas USA Ocielia Gibson is a Texas role model. Being a minister, urban etiquette coach, junior debutante coordinator, certified abstinence educator, STD awareness specialist, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship’s Public School Coordinator, and founder of More Than a Pretty Face, Inc. she is reaching youth and young adults across Texas in a variety of ways. Earning numerous awards and recognition, Gibson was one of Ebony’s magazine Unsung Heroes in 2009. As Miss Black Texas USA she wants to continue on this path with her platform, “More Than a Pretty Face: Redefining Beauty.” Her purpose is to engage, equip, and edify young women to be among those who influence others who are not defined by the hip-hop culture. The multitalented Gibson loves designing, painting, and crafting jewelry for her accessory line. In addition to winning the title of Miss Black Texas USA 2011, Gibson was also selected as the evening gown and fitness winner. In addition she won the Director’s Award for her community service rendered throughout her city.

Miss Black Denton USA Ashleigh Smith (Talent and Director’s Award Leadership winner) was named first runner-up. Miss Black Missouri City USA Savannah Williams (Most Photogenic) was second runner-up; Miss Black Central Texas USA Tamirra Tyler (Interview winner and Miss Cover Girl) was the third runner-up; Miss Black Tomball USA Dymond Hayes (Overall Director’s Award winner) was selected as fourth runner-up.

Miss Black Austin USA Kelli Walker, Miss Black Dallas USA Britney Darnell (Model Me winner), Miss Black Galveston County USA Amber Ferguson, Miss Black Garland USA Ariel Black, and Miss Black Houston USA Allyson Buckner (Miss Congeniality, Miss Hospitality, and Director’s Award Fundraising winner), completed the field of 10 contestants in the 2010 Miss Black Texas USA pageant.

Both Mitchell and Gibson won a prize package that included a college scholarship and the chance to represent Texas on the national stage at the Miss Black USA Talented Teen and Miss Black USA Pageant next summer.

The Miss Black Texas USA Talented Teen and Miss Black Texas USA Pageant is the official preliminary competition for the Miss Black USA Talented Teen and Miss Black USA Pageant.

Recruitment is currently under way for the 2011 Miss Black Houston USA Talented Teen and Miss Black Houston USA Pageant for young ladies ages 13-27. Apply online at www.missblacktexasusa.org

The Miss Black Teen Texas USA Pageant is a part of the Miss Black Texas USA Organization and Black All-American Pageant Systems, Inc. It operates as a 501 © 3 organization.

To schedule interviews and/or appearances for Miss Black Texas USA Talented Teen Selena Mitchell and Miss Black Texas USA Ocielia Gibson please contact JC Goode, Miss Black Texas USA Assistant Director at (713) 320-5611 or via email at . jc@missblacktexasusa.org.

About Miss Black Texas USA Organization
The Miss Black Texas USA Pageant is the official state pageant for the Miss Black USA Organization. As an independently produced production by Black All-American Pageant Systems, Inc., which was established in 1999 by Candace Thomas and is based in Houston, Texas, the Miss Black USA Pageant and Scholarship Foundation, Inc. and Miss Black Texas USA Pageant Organization, is a non-profit corporation in the state of Maryland and Texas respectively, recognized under the 501(c) 3 code of the Internal Revenue Service. The Miss Black USA Pageant and Scholarship Foundation, Inc., was founded in 1986 by Karen Arrington.