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| (Top L-R): Penny Johnson Jerald (Castle/The Orville), Claudia Jordan (Celebrity Apprentice/Real Housewives of Atlanta), and James Pickens Jr, Grey’s Anatomy. (Bottom L-R): Ella Joyce (Roc), Roz Ryan (Amen), and Lisa Ruffin (Actress/Pageant Founder) |
A number of celebrities have signed on to participate in Actress Lisa Ruffin’s Annual Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant, now celebrating its milestone 25th anniversary. The 25th Little Miss African American Pageant will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 12, 2018, at the Nate Holden Theatre, 4708 W. Washington Blvd in Los Angeles.
Actresses Penny Johnson Jerald (Castle/The Orville) and Claudia Jordan (Celebrity Apprentice/Real Housewives of Atlanta) will Co-host the event and special guests and judges include; Actors James Pickens Jr. (ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy), Ella Joyce (Roc), Roz Ryan (Amen), and Author/Professor Ron Brewington. Musical guest performers are Neo-Soul vocalist Janice Freeman, and Krista Campbell, the reigning Little Miss African American.
The Little Miss African Pageant (LMAA) is first and foremost an educational program cleverly disguised in a pageant format whose mission is dedicated to the intellectual success of your African American girls.
“Within each girl, is the promise of unlimited possibilities, and the pageant is a vehicle for bringing that potential to the forefront," says Lisa Ruffin.
For the past 24 years, dozens of girls between the ages of 6-12 years old have participated in this program, hundreds of scholarships have been awarded, and lasting memories have been created for the young academic and intellectual princesses. While some of them come from strong supportive families, the majority of them come from under-served, single-family homes. The pageant provides an early introduction to the arts and training in public speaking while promoting individual creativity and stimulating a heightened cultural understanding. For more information: www.littlemissafricanamerican.org
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