Marjorie Vincent

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Marjorie Judith Vincent from Oak Park, Illinois, U.S., the daughter of Haitian immigrants, was crowned Miss America 1991, taking over from Debbye Turner. (It was the first time in history a black winner had been crowned by a black former Miss America.) She used the spotlight to spread her message about domestic violence.

"For me, it was a thrill to take [the victims'] message to lawmakers in Washington and to state legislatures," Vincent says. "At one appearance, an older man came up to me and said he was really glad I made the point that men could be victims too, because he was one."

Vincent went back to law school at Duke University after her one-year reign. Just before finishing law school in 1994, she became a television news anchor in Meridian, Miss., and later worked at stations in Peoria, Ill., and Columbus, Ohio, for the next six-plus years.

As of September 2007, she is completing her law degree in Jacksonville, Florida.

Preceded by Jeri Zimmerman	Miss Illinois 1990	Succeeded by Jaclyn Greer
Preceded by Debbye Turner	Miss America 1991	Succeeded by Carolyn Suzanne Sapp