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Actress and former Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart will become the new national director of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA franchise.
“I’m so thrilled and I’m so excited for the new things and new ideas that I want to bring to the Miss USA system,” Stewart said in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America Wednesday, December 30.
Stewart said that she was looking forward to elevating the brand, saying it would be like “UFC times America’s Next Top Model times the presidential elections. That’d be the new Miss USA.”
Stewart’s position makes her the first ever National Director of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.
Since its inception in 1952, Miss Universe and Miss USA have always been run by the Miss Universe Organization. It is the first time that these two have separated management.
“In this political climate, the racial injustice, I hope being this African American for this national company inspires and influences women like myself of different colors and races, and also men as well, to pursue your dreams without fault and with confidence and go for it and reach higher and larger,” Stewart said.
In an Instagram post, Miss Universe Organization president Paula Shugart also confirmed the news and said she was looking forward to working with Stewart.
“I am so excited to work alongside @missusa 2008 Crystle Stewart in her new role as the national director for Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. Crystle exemplifies the best qualities in a Miss USA, and I am so excited for the women who will grow under her guidance and mentorship, and for our state directors, who will have a loyal partner in Crystle,” she said.
Shugart also clarified that that Miss USA and Teen USA will still be under the Miss Universe Organization.
“Crystle will be a licensee just as we have licensees all around the world. We have been working on this for quite a while and I am excited it has become a reality. Crystle loves the brand as much as I do and could not be more thrilled to be working with her,” Shugart said on Instagram.
After her reign as Miss USA 2008, Stewart went on to become an actress and model. She appeared in projects such as For Better or Worse, Too Close to Home, and Acrimony, directed by Tyler Perry.
She also runs the Miss Academy, a pageant training school with her husband Max Sebrechts in Houston, Texas. – Rappler.com
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