At the age of 16, most teenagers are worried about getting their driverâs license. However, 16-year-old James Cook of Peoria is taking it a step further and is on his way to becoming a licensed pilot.Â
Cook, a Liberty High School junior and a member of Cactus High Schoolâs Air Force Junior Reserve Officersâ Training Corps (ROTC), was granted a scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC, Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
This scholarship will allow Cook to attend an accredited aviation university where he will participate in an eight-week private pilot license program this summer. The announcement was made Jan. 11.Â
Missouri City’s Crystle Stewart on becoming the National Director for Miss USA
She left as a beauty queen and came back as the boss!
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HOUSTON – Missouri City actress and entrepreneur, Crystle Stewart, is breaking barriers with her new role in the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants.
The former Miss USA 2008 is the first African American woman to ever hold the licensing rights to Miss USA and Miss Teen USA and she reflected on this important achievement.
LAS VEGAS - APRIL 11: Miss USA 2008/Miss Texas Crystle Stewart attends the 2008 Miss USA Competition at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on April 11, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage) (2008 Denise Truscello)
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Dec 13, 2020 09:33 AM EST
It has been a year of happiness and tears for Miss Universe Zozi Tunzi from South Africa, who this week commemorated the anniversary of her Miss Universe triumph. The Eastern Cape beauty has had an eventful year: being inundated with tonnes of toilet paper from concerned COVID-19 hoarders to a humiliating chair incident in Indonesia.
Miss Universe 2019 s Virtual Reign
The 68th year of Miss Universe was held on December 8, 2019, at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, US, and history was created as Zozibini Tunzi was hailed as Miss Universe 2019. Tunzi s win was a third win for South Africa at the Miss Universe competition. The two other women were Margaret Gardiner in 1978 and Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters in 2017. She was also the first black woman to don the Miss Universe crown following Miss Universe 2011 titleholder Leila Lopes.