Djuan Trent
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Djuan Trent | |
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Born | Djuan Keila Trent November 20, 1986 |
Alma mater | Berea College (B.A.) |
Occupations | YouTube personality and former beauty pageant titleholder |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Carter County 2009 Miss Berea Area 2010 Miss Kentucky 2010 |
Hair color | Brunette |
Eye color | Brown |
Major competition(s) | Miss Kentucky 2009 (Top 10) Miss America 2011 (Top 10) |
YouTube information | |
Channel | |
Years active | 2012–present |
Genre | Vlogging |
Subscribers | 207[1] |
Total views | 10,694[1] |
Last updated: January 23, 2017 | |
Website | Official website |
Djuan Keila Trent (born November 20, 1986) is an American YouTube personality and former beauty pageant titleholder from Columbus, Georgia who was named Miss Kentucky 2010.[2]
Biography
Trent won the title of Miss Kentucky on July 17, 2010, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Mallory Ervin.[3] Trent was among the top ten in the Miss America 2011 pageant.[4]
Trent publicly came out as gay with an announcement on her blog, "I am queer," on February 20, 2014.[4][5] The self-proclaimed former student from a "Southern Baptist conservative Christian school" told The Huffington Post that she came out "to help foster visibility of young queer women of color."[5]
Trent is an honorary co-chair of Southerners For the Freedom to Marry.[5]
References
- ^ a b "About DjuanTrent". YouTube.
- ^ Herald-Leader Staff Report (July 18, 2010). "Berea grad wins Miss Kentucky". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "Miss Kentucky 2010". Miss Kentucky Organization. July 17, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Sieczkowski, Cavan (March 7, 2014). "Former Miss Kentucky Djuan Trent Comes Out As Queer". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c Signorile, Michelangelo (April 2, 2014). "Djuan Trent, Former Miss Kentucky, On Why She Came Out As 'Queer,'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- African-American female models
- American female models
- African-American models
- American beauty pageant winners
- American bloggers
- American YouTubers
- Berea College alumni
- Kentucky beauty pageants
- LGBT people from the United States
- Miss America 2011 delegates
- People from Berea, Kentucky
- People from Brooklyn
- People from Columbus, Georgia
- Writers from Lexington, Kentucky
- Miss Kentucky winners