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'''Brittany Lee Lewis''' (born July 21, 1990) is an [[activist]], [[professor]], [[television]] personality, [[pundit|political commentator]], [[disc jockey]] (DJ), [[Miss Delaware]] 2014, and [[Miss Black America]] 2017. She is a native of&nbsp;[[Brigantine, New Jersey]].<ref name="inquirer">{{cite news |title=N.J. woman is not just a pageant winner - she's a Miss America scholar |url=https://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/miss-america-brittany-lewis-miss-black-america-20170908.html |accessdate=12 April 2019 |work=The Inquirer}}</ref> She was crowned the 49th Miss Black America in 2017 and competed in the [[Miss America 2015|Miss America Pageant]] as [[Miss Delaware]] in 2014. She is also a regular commentator on[[RT America | RT News]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=RT America |title=NY Times endorsement: 'Patronizing' to women? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20w_HBSPyU&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube |accessdate=17 June 2019 |date=20 Jan 2020}}</ref> [[Roland Martin (journalist)|Roland Martin Show]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 June 2020|title=#GeorgeFloyd independent autopsy; Louisville Black man killed; Conrad Worrill: vote for Biden|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6leifQCi-E8&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=7 July 2020|website=YouTube}}</ref> [[WTTG | Fox5DC]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cleary Strategies, LLC |title=Brittany Lee Lewis on #FOX5LION on WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhVEey8GlG4 |website=YouTube |accessdate=17 June 2019 |date=18 Feb 2020}}</ref> and various [[Sinclair Broadcasting]] programs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Armstrong Williams |title=Armstrong Williams 30min 2-21-19 "SOCIALISM VS CAPITALISM" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJXNz5KjvXU&feature=youtu.be | website=YouTube |accessdate=7 July 2020 |date=1 April 2019}}</ref>
'''Brittany Lee Lewis''' (born July 21, 1990) is an [[activist]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-10|title=Brittany Lee Lewis Sheds Scholarly Light on Today’s Social Unrest|url=https://www.americadailypost.com/brittany-lee-lewis-sheds-scholarly-light-on-todays-social-unrest/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=America Daily Post|language=en-US}}</ref> [[professor]], [[television]] personality, [[pundit|political commentator]], [[disc jockey]] (DJ),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nelson|first=Greg|date=2020-07-10|title=Coming to the Stage: DJ Brittany Lee|url=https://www.californiaherald.com/coming-to-the-stage-dj-brittany-lee/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=California Herald|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Miss Delaware]] 2014, and [[Miss Black America]] 2017. She is a native of&nbsp;[[Brigantine, New Jersey]].<ref name="inquirer">{{cite news |title=N.J. woman is not just a pageant winner - she's a Miss America scholar |url=https://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/miss-america-brittany-lewis-miss-black-america-20170908.html |accessdate=12 April 2019 |work=The Inquirer}}</ref> She was crowned the 49th Miss Black America in 2017 and competed in the [[Miss America 2015|Miss America Pageant]] as [[Miss Delaware]] in 2014. She is also a regular commentator on[[RT America | RT News]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=RT America |title=NY Times endorsement: 'Patronizing' to women? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20w_HBSPyU&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube |accessdate=17 June 2019 |date=20 Jan 2020}}</ref> [[Roland Martin (journalist)|Roland Martin Show]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1 June 2020|title=#GeorgeFloyd independent autopsy; Louisville Black man killed; Conrad Worrill: vote for Biden|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6leifQCi-E8&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=7 July 2020|website=YouTube}}</ref> [[WTTG | Fox5DC]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cleary Strategies, LLC |title=Brittany Lee Lewis on #FOX5LION on WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhVEey8GlG4 |website=YouTube |accessdate=17 June 2019 |date=18 Feb 2020}}</ref> and various [[Sinclair Broadcasting]] programs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Armstrong Williams |title=Armstrong Williams 30min 2-21-19 "SOCIALISM VS CAPITALISM" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJXNz5KjvXU&feature=youtu.be | website=YouTube |accessdate=7 July 2020 |date=1 April 2019}}</ref>


Lewis is an advocate for domestic violence awareness and chooses it as her platform topic in pageants; her sister was fatally shot in 2010 after an abusive relationship of five years.<ref name="npr">{{cite news |title=Newly Crowned Miss America Felt Helpless Against Domestic Violence |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/09/11/347728725/pageant-contestant-felt-helpless-against-domestic-violence |work=NPR.org}}</ref> Lewis is a historian and educator, having taught at both the college and post-secondary levels. She has a B.A., M.A., and is a Ph.D. candidate in the history department at George Washington University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Black History Month: Reflecting on the past and present at GW |url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2019/02/25/black-history-month-reflecting-on-the-past-and-present-at-gw/ |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=The GW Hatchet |date=25 February 2019}}</ref>
Lewis is an advocate for domestic violence awareness and chooses it as her platform topic in pageants; her sister was fatally shot in 2010 after an abusive relationship of five years.<ref name="npr">{{cite news |title=Newly Crowned Miss America Felt Helpless Against Domestic Violence |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/09/11/347728725/pageant-contestant-felt-helpless-against-domestic-violence |work=NPR.org}}</ref> Lewis is a historian and educator, having taught at both the college and post-secondary levels. She has a B.A., M.A., and is a Ph.D. candidate in the history department at George Washington University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Black History Month: Reflecting on the past and present at GW |url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2019/02/25/black-history-month-reflecting-on-the-past-and-present-at-gw/ |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=The GW Hatchet |date=25 February 2019}}</ref>
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==Pageantry==
==Pageantry==
Lewis began entering pageants at the age of 21 when she a senior in college in order to help pay off student loans.<ref name="inquirer"/>
Lewis began entering pageants at the age of 21 when she a senior in college in order to help pay off student loans.<ref name="inquirer"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-10|title=Brittany Lee Lewis Talks Politics Within Beauty Pageants|url=https://boherald.com/brittany-lee-lewis-talks-politics-within-beauty-pageants/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=BO Herald|language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2012, Lewis was awarded Miss Greater Reading Pennsylvania 2012, and was third place in the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant performing ballet [[en pointe]] to “[[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote: Kitri Variation]]”.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Greater Reading third at state pageant |url=http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=389927 |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=Reading Eagle}}</ref> She followed that up in 2013, when she was crowned Miss Hockessin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lamar |first1=Andre |title=Wilmington's Brittany Lewis crowned Miss Hockessin 2013 |url=https://www.doverpost.com/article/20130207/NEWS/130209806 |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=Dover Post}}</ref> She later emceed the pageant in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Crowned at Hockessin Pageant |url=https://townsquaredelaware.com/2015/01/19/scene-about-town-three-crowned-at-hockessin-pageant/ |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=Town Square Delaware |date=19 January 2015}}</ref>
In 2012, Lewis was awarded Miss Greater Reading Pennsylvania 2012, and was third place in the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant performing ballet [[en pointe]] to “[[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote: Kitri Variation]]”.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Greater Reading third at state pageant |url=http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=389927 |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=Reading Eagle}}</ref> She followed that up in 2013, when she was crowned Miss Hockessin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lamar |first1=Andre |title=Wilmington's Brittany Lewis crowned Miss Hockessin 2013 |url=https://www.doverpost.com/article/20130207/NEWS/130209806 |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=Dover Post}}</ref> She later emceed the pageant in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Crowned at Hockessin Pageant |url=https://townsquaredelaware.com/2015/01/19/scene-about-town-three-crowned-at-hockessin-pageant/ |accessdate=11 April 2019 |work=Town Square Delaware |date=19 January 2015}}</ref>
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She regularly appears on [[WTTG|Fox5DC]], [[RT America|RT News]], [[Roland Martin (journalist)|Roland Martin Show]], and several [[Sinclair Broadcasting]] programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020-02-18, Brittany Lee Lewis on #FOX5LION on WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhVEey8GlG4 |website=YouTube |publisher=Cleary Strategies LLC |accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NY Times endorsement: 'Patronizing' to women? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20w_HBSPyU&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube |publisher=RT America |accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=#GeorgeFloyd independent autopsy; Louisville Black man killed; Conrad Worrill: vote for Biden |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6leifQCi-E8&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube |publisher=Roland S. Martin |accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref>
She regularly appears on [[WTTG|Fox5DC]], [[RT America|RT News]], [[Roland Martin (journalist)|Roland Martin Show]], and several [[Sinclair Broadcasting]] programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020-02-18, Brittany Lee Lewis on #FOX5LION on WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhVEey8GlG4 |website=YouTube |publisher=Cleary Strategies LLC |accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NY Times endorsement: 'Patronizing' to women? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20w_HBSPyU&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube |publisher=RT America |accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=#GeorgeFloyd independent autopsy; Louisville Black man killed; Conrad Worrill: vote for Biden |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6leifQCi-E8&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube |publisher=Roland S. Martin |accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref>

== DJ career ==
Before going into pageantry, Lewis has held a passion for [[Disc jockey|disc jockeying]] dating back to high school, particularly in the [[Hip hop|hip-hop]] genre.<ref>{{Cite web|last=member|first=Staff|date=2020-07-10|title=Coming to the Stage: DJ Brittany Lee|url=https://medium.com/@Staffmembers/coming-to-the-stage-dj-brittany-lee-b30f9f69f4a3|access-date=2020-07-11|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> Lewis and friends of hers in [[Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouts]] started DJing events, including their own school dances, in order to earn their entrepreneurship badges.

Her DJing career went dormant after high school due to college and her pageantry career. However, she has recently been mentored by [[WKYS]] producer and on-air personality DJ Sixth Sense in hopes of reviving it.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nelson|first=Greg|date=2020-07-10|title=Coming to the Stage: DJ Brittany Lee|url=https://www.californiaherald.com/coming-to-the-stage-dj-brittany-lee/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=California Herald|language=en-US}}</ref>

Her DJ name is DJ Brittany Lee.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:53, 11 July 2020

Brittany Lee Lewis
File:BrittanyLewis.City.jpg
Born (1990-07-21) July 21, 1990 (age 34)
Education
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • Professor
Known for
Websitehttps://www.brittanyleelewis.com/

Brittany Lee Lewis (born July 21, 1990) is an activist,[1] professor, television personality, political commentator, disc jockey (DJ),[2] Miss Delaware 2014, and Miss Black America 2017. She is a native of Brigantine, New Jersey.[3] She was crowned the 49th Miss Black America in 2017 and competed in the Miss America Pageant as Miss Delaware in 2014. She is also a regular commentator on RT News,[4] Roland Martin Show,[5] Fox5DC,[6] and various Sinclair Broadcasting programs.[7]

Lewis is an advocate for domestic violence awareness and chooses it as her platform topic in pageants; her sister was fatally shot in 2010 after an abusive relationship of five years.[8] Lewis is a historian and educator, having taught at both the college and post-secondary levels. She has a B.A., M.A., and is a Ph.D. candidate in the history department at George Washington University.[9]

Her activism and pageantry have been covered by NPR,[8] The Washington Post,[10] Southern Living,[11] and Good Morning Washington,[12] among others.

Pageantry

Lewis began entering pageants at the age of 21 when she a senior in college in order to help pay off student loans.[3][13]

In 2012, Lewis was awarded Miss Greater Reading Pennsylvania 2012, and was third place in the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant performing ballet en pointe to “Don Quixote: Kitri Variation”.[14] She followed that up in 2013, when she was crowned Miss Hockessin.[15] She later emceed the pageant in 2014.[16]

On September 14, 2014, she competed as Miss Delaware in the Miss America 2015 Pageant, earning first runner-up for the Quality of Life Award.[10] She later donated a shoe she wore in the pageant to the Atlantic City History Museum.[17] Nearly three years later, Lewis was crowned Miss Black America 2017 on August 26, 2017. During the pageant she danced to “Stomp to my Beat” by JS16.[18] She was competing as "part of her research"[19] for her Ph.D. dissertation.

Domestic violence advocacy

Lewis actively advocates for awareness of domestic violence. Her sister, Gina Clarke-Lewis, was killed in March 2010 as a result of domestic violence.[20] Lewis has worked with state and national nonprofits and “led the charge to declare October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.”[21] She also has worked with the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Department of Justice’s Violence Unit speaking on college campuses and secondary schools about the issue.

Education

After graduating from Holy Spirit High School in 2008,[22] Lewis earned a BA from Temple University where she double majored in African-American Studies and Broadcast Journalism. At Temple University, she also danced competitively on the Diamond Gem Dance Team,[23] formed the Black New Voice Newsletter,[24] and joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.[25]

In 2013, she earned her MA Degree in Secondary Education, as part of the Teach for America program.

In 2015, Lewis entered the Ph.D. program at George Washington University, specializing in African-American, urban, women’s, and US 20th century history with an emphasis on political ideology, social movements, and the state.[26]

Lewis also works as an adjunct professor at Wilmington University, teaching the course “Ethnic Studies: The Black Woman.”[27]

Television

Lewis works as a television personality and political commentator for multiple networks.

She regularly appears on Fox5DC, RT News, Roland Martin Show, and several Sinclair Broadcasting programs.[28][29][30]

References

  1. ^ "Brittany Lee Lewis Sheds Scholarly Light on Today's Social Unrest". America Daily Post. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ Nelson, Greg (2020-07-10). "Coming to the Stage: DJ Brittany Lee". California Herald. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  3. ^ a b "N.J. woman is not just a pageant winner - she's a Miss America scholar". The Inquirer. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ^ RT America (20 Jan 2020). "NY Times endorsement: 'Patronizing' to women?". YouTube. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. ^ "#GeorgeFloyd independent autopsy; Louisville Black man killed; Conrad Worrill: vote for Biden". YouTube. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Cleary Strategies, LLC (18 Feb 2020). "Brittany Lee Lewis on #FOX5LION on WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC". YouTube. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. ^ Armstrong Williams (1 April 2019). "Armstrong Williams 30min 2-21-19 "SOCIALISM VS CAPITALISM"". YouTube. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Newly Crowned Miss America Felt Helpless Against Domestic Violence". NPR.org.
  9. ^ "Black History Month: Reflecting on the past and present at GW". The GW Hatchet. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Miss America: The 12 cheesiest 'home state' intros from the contestants". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Your Southern Contestants in the Miss America Pageant". Southern Living. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  12. ^ WASHINGTON, GOOD MORNING (20 October 2017). "Meet the new Miss Black America Brittany Lewis". WJLA. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Brittany Lee Lewis Talks Politics Within Beauty Pageants". BO Herald. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  14. ^ "Miss Greater Reading third at state pageant". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  15. ^ Lamar, Andre. "Wilmington's Brittany Lewis crowned Miss Hockessin 2013". Dover Post. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Three Crowned at Hockessin Pageant". Town Square Delaware. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  17. ^ "MISS DELAWARE DONATES SHOE TO A.C. HISTORICAL MUSEUM". Atlantic City Free Public Library. Atlantic City Free Public Library. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Brittany Lewis is crowned the new Miss Black America for 2017-18". The Philadelphia Sunday Sun. 1 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Newest Miss Black America Says She Entered The Competition As Research For Her Ph.D. Dissertation". blavity.com. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  20. ^ Caracci, Michelle (19 October 2014). "Miss Delaware promotes domestic violence awareness through pageant platform". The Review. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  21. ^ "History Student Reigns as Miss Black America". columbian.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  22. ^ DeRosier, John. "Brigantine's Brittany Lewis crowned Miss Black America", The Press of Atlantic City, August 30, 2017. Accessed July 10, 2020. "Former Miss America contestant and Brigantine resident Brittany Lewis was crowned Miss Black America on Saturday at the Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center. Lewis, a 2008 Holy Spirit High School graduate, was a Girl Scout and dancer growing up."
  23. ^ "Diamond Gems Place Fourth at Nationals for the Second Straight Year". Temple University Athletics. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Everyone Has a Story: Brigantine resident beauty queen accepted into Teach For America". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  25. ^ Becque, Fran (15 September 2014). "Miss America 2015 - The Sorority Women Who Competed in 2014". Fraternity History & More. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  26. ^ "Brittany Lewis | Department of History | The George Washington University". history.columbian.gwu.edu. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  27. ^ Staff, WilmU Magazine. "Brittany Lewis: Building a Legacy that Honors African-Americans' Past, Present and Future | WilmU Magazine". Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  28. ^ "2020-02-18, Brittany Lee Lewis on #FOX5LION on WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC". YouTube. Cleary Strategies LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  29. ^ "NY Times endorsement: 'Patronizing' to women?". YouTube. RT America. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  30. ^ "#GeorgeFloyd independent autopsy; Louisville Black man killed; Conrad Worrill: vote for Biden". YouTube. Roland S. Martin. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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