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Miss Texas Shilah Phillips was in Edinburg, TX on May 15, 2007. It was an honor to meet her. I have never had that honor with anyone famous. She has a wonderful voice and can sing like an angel. This was an exciting time.
As per WP:ANYBIO, Shilah Phillips won a well-known and significant honor when she was elected Miss Texas in 2007. She was the first African American to win the title. In the national pageant, she was first runner-up to the person crowned Miss America 2007. She also came first in the national talent contest, per WaPo:[1] "Producers took cues from "American Idol" and incorporated interviews with judges and text-message voting after the swimsuit, talent and evening-gown competitions. Phillips, a singer and choir director's daughter, was the fan favorite in the talent competition." This article should never have been PRODed, and it should be improved rather than merged. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:55, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The action of Johnpacklambert to PROD this article saying, "state level beauty queens are not default notable and otherwise there is no sign of notability and not enough sources" (subsequently changed by Miraclepine to a proposed merge) occurred more than a month ago. I have argued against these proposals both here and at Talk:Miss Texas; in more than a month not one person has supported a merge or a PROD.
Shilah Phillips is not a random state-level beauty queen. She is the first black Miss Texas in 75 years, something many RS have considered significant.[2][3]
She got coverage at the national level for her participation in the related reality TV show,[4] for her performance in the pageant which included winning the fan-favorite talent award,[5] and for being first runner up.[6] There is GNG-level detail about her in several sources, including the Houston Chronicle.[7][8] There is also a long 2018 interview with her in Voyage Dallas[9] but that was cut from the article with the statement that Voyage Dallas is "scam spam".
It is time to remove the Merge template from this bio of a clearly-notable person (as I did once, an action reverted by Praxidicae who wanted further discussion.) Having notified those who might object, I propose to remove that tag in 24 hours if no further discussion ensues. HouseOfChange (talk) 17:24, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
References
^Hennessey, Kathleen (January 30, 2007). "A Crowning Moment For Miss Oklahoma Lauren Nelson Is Named Miss America". Washington Post. Retrieved January 17, 2020. Producers took cues from "American Idol" and incorporated interviews with judges and text-message voting after the swimsuit, talent and evening-gown competitions. Phillips, a singer and choir director's daughter, was the fan favorite in the talent competition.
^"A Music Major at the University of North Texas Is the First Black Woman to Be Crowned Miss Texas". Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. July 27, 2006. Retrieved February 22, 2020. Shilah Phillips studied voice at Howard University for one year before dropping out of college and moving to Los Angeles with the hope of landing a recording contract. After two years encountering limited success she went home to Texas and enrolled at Collin County Community College in Plano.
^"Miss Texas' colorful history". Dallas News. June 28, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2020. Also in 1965, the Miss Texas Pageant banned a black contestant who had tattoos on her arm and knee. Pageant officials said the woman's race wasn't a factor in the decision. More than 40 years later, the first black Miss Texas, Shilah Phillips, was crowned.
^ Patterson, Troy (January 29, 2007). "Girls Gone Mild". Slate. Retrieved February 21, 2020. The centerpiece of this inaugural Pageant School was Miss Texas. She's tall, bright, and powerfully glamorous, with that intimidating Lone Star star quality. Her tears welled up sincerely when she talked about how proud she was to be "the first African-American Miss Texas."
^"There she is: Miss America". CBS News. January 29, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2020. Miss Oklahoma, Lauren Nelson, reacts to winning Miss America 2007 with Miss Texas, Shilah Phillips..The first black Miss Texas was first runner-up while Miss Georgia, Amanda Kozak, was second runner-up
^ Rad, Sallee (July 10, 2006). "Aspiring singer becomes first black Miss Texas". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 21, 2020. But Phillips had a strong grounding in music, having attended a performing arts school in Denver from sixth to 12th grade and studying voice for a year at Howard University. She has also completed two and a half years at the Collin County college and been accepted to the jazz studies program at the University of North Texas.
^"First black woman wins Miss Texas pageant". My Plainview. July 8, 2006. Retrieved February 21, 2020. Phillips, an aspiring music student who auditioned unsuccessfully for the "American Idol" talent contest, said that loss would only work to her advantage on a Miss America pageant-centered reality television show, which will film contestants living together in a group setting. "I'm very excited about it because I have reality TV experience," she said.
^"Life and Work with Shilah Phillips". Voyage Dallas. November 28, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2020. At age 9 I won a car for my parents singing The National Anthem. In middle school, they enrolled me at The Denver School of the Performing Arts where I studied all of the arts until 12th grade...I was able to complete my degree in Jazz Studies from the prestigious University of North Texas Jazz Studies Program on a full scholarship.
