HBCU Campus Queens

Miss Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Takerah Jordan

Miss North Carolina Central University Kourtney Daniel-Robinson

Miss Lincoln (Mo.) University Tierra Natasha Williams

Miss West Virginia State University De'Lesha Jackson

Miss Alcorn State University Amber Janay King

Miss Huston-Tillotson University Bria L’Shaye Harris

Miss Mississippi Valley State University Macaiya Brianna Bradley

Miss University of the Virgin Islands Katherine Callwood

Miss Bluefield State College Whitney Diane Justice

Miss Claflin University Aria Lauren Dillard

Miss Xavier University of Louisiana Lacey Danielle Douglas

Miss Benedict College Markela Danille Tarrance

Miss Harris-Stowe State University Kuriston J. White

Miss Winston-Salem State University Dontia Barrett

Miss Albany State University Iandria Joseph

Miss University of Maryland Eastern Shore Atiya A. Stewart

Miss Kentucky State University Stephanie Durr

Miss University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Brianna M. Allen

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Few things represent the black college experience and image more than the campus queen. For decades, America's HBCUs have been crowing a queen, a "Miss," to represent their school. As part of AJC Sepia's continuing series highlighting the accomplishments of black colleges, we have created a growing photo gallery that will feature our current black college queens. Cayla Cowherd, the former Miss Virginia Union, reacts to the news that she was selected to wear the crown of 2013's Miss National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame. Check out the current queens inside. (Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Special to the AJC)