Brief Look at the Pageant
- MRCOLLEGIATEBLACKAMERICA™
- Prairie View, Southwestern, United States
- The Mr. Collegiate African American™ Scholarship Pageant’s mission is to be a source of excellence for Black men in education, values clarification, economic and social empowerment, role-modeling, mentoring and service. The pageant began 1990 as the first pageant of its kind for Black college men. The first Mr. Collegiate was staged at Prairie View A&M University in April 1992. All Black men between ages 18-30, enrolled in a 4-year American college or university are eligible. Candidates compete in Personal Interview; Platform Oratory; Talent; Evening Wear and Impromptu Question with a panel of professional judges from the academic, business, government and entertainment communities. Scholarships and prizes are awarded. Past winners are: Charles Clemens (1992-Lincoln University-PA) Minister/Therapist; Steven Daniels (1993-94 - Alabama State) Actor/Singer; Stacey O. Washington (1994-95 - Virginia State) Entrepreneur, Christopher Sanders (1995-96 - Kentucky State) Teacher; Adonis Turner (1997-99-Jackson State) Counselor and Damany Mayfield (2001-02- Virginia State) Project Director. Companion pageants are the Mr. Collegiate America and Mr. Collegiate World in 2025.