With superstars like Cardi B and Amara La Negra all over our social media feeds, it seems like Dominican women are taking over, and doing it in the best way possible.
26-year-old Genesis Suero, who hails from the Dominican Republic, was named 2018’s beauty Queen of New York on January 14th.
Suero only became an official American a short seven years ago. After working at a Bloomingdales store as a skincare specialist, she was able to strengthen her English.
Even though the American language and customs are not natural to Suero, ever since she could remember, she’d wanted to compete in beauty pageants. She tells The New York Post,
“I remember watching TV in the Dominican Republic in 2002, and I saw one of the contestants for Miss Universe, and I said, this is what I want to do. This is what I want to be. This is going to be my career.”
Living in Harlem, Suero has been open about the fact that she’s dealt with financial issues.
“I really want to share the gift that God has gifted me. He hasn’t gifted me financially, but he has gifted me a very amazing personality. I can make people laugh and I can make them happy, and if you can do that you don’t need money.”
The NY queen shows off her best qualities by simply being herself, bringing her diverse beauty to the contest and inspiring women everywhere to reach for their dreams because no matter how far out of reach they may seem, they are always attainable.
