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CSCN talks to Shanice McKinley Reed, Pageant Director of Miss Compton Pageant.
CSCN: What inspired you to resurrect the Miss Compton Pageant? I was inspired to re-open the Miss Compton pageant because growing up in the City of Compton and being a student in the Compton Unified School System, I was often stereotype negatively when I would mention I was from the City of Compton. Additionally I dislike the negative stereotypes that were associated with my community because I knew that great things come out of the city of Compton. Not everyone fits the stereotype. In grade school, I was a kid that tried to continue to do the right things to become successful. I was an honor student in high school, a scholar athlete, I was a part of many college prep programs, and I submersed myself in many school extracurricular activities such as being a writer for the school newspaper. So with all of the positive things I was doing to get ahead, and become successful, I wanted to be viewed as the same as any other student from any other school trying to do the right thing. A few flashbacks of being stereotyped that really inspired me to speak up was before re-opening the Miss Compton Pageant and becoming Miss Compton. I remember moments such as taking field trips with my college prep programs in our Compton Unified School District school bus and people looking at us as if the bad kids have just arrived.
Another example is in college on my first day in the dorms and my roommate refusing to come to our dorm for like 2 weeks because she found out she had the roommate from Compton. So when I got the opportunity to compete in the Miss California USA Pageant, I felt it was the perfect opportunity to showcase to the world the great things that come from Compton. While I was competing in the Miss California USA pageant representing the City of Compton, I received a lot of media attention. When I finished competing I felt as if I didn’t want it to end with me, and I wanted to give other girls the opportunity to share their success stories with the world representing the City of Compton. The Miss Compton Pageant gives me the opportunity to continue to inspire people that it’s not where you come from, but how you finish. CSCN: You were previously a contestant in the Miss California USA pageant and were selected to represent the City of Compton. Tell us about that experience? I had a great experience representing the City of Compton in the Miss California USA Pageant. I was able to gain so much support from my local community members, and community business. During my run for Miss California USA, my platform was to shine a positive light on the City of Compton and to showcase the positive things in Compton .
I wanted people that never been to Compton or didn’t plan on visiting the City of Compton to know and understand that not everyone that comes from the City of Compton is a drug dealer, gang banger, rappers, etc. but we are a community that is made up of professionals, educated individuals, talented and kind hearted people. Even though I did not win the state title, the Miss California USA gave me a platform to talk about what I was passionate about and show the other things in Compton that was not talked about in mainstream media very often. CSCN: You re-launched the Miss Compton Pageant to create the same opportunities for other young ladies, how has the re-emergence of the pageant served young women in the community in the past several years? The re-emergence of the Miss Compton pageant has served as a transformation process for many of the young girls and young women that has been a part of the Miss Compton Pageant Family. The Miss Compton Pageant has been the place where contestants can truly be mentored some who were shy, not sure of themselves, or may grow up in a home without many good role models can be around other like mind people that want better for themselves. Also, we have given girls modeling opportunities, internship opportunities, and career opportunities. We also continually providing a platform for our girls to network and to be in front of very successful individuals that can help them reach their goals. CSCN: You just recently held the 2014 pageant. Tell us about this experience and about the current Miss Compton, JaTiara Fuller I feel that the pageant gets better and better each year. I would consider the Miss Compton Pageant 2014 a huge success. We had so many people that come out to support us from our community and other communities. We had approximately 300 people that come out to support. And the girls were so talented and beautiful this year; I know the judges had a hard job. (CONTINUE ON PAGE 5 )
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