Kenya Moore Thought Her World Would Change at 50. It's Only Gotten Better.
glamour.comKenya Moore learned a valuable life lesson when she was crowned Miss USA: If you dream it, you can achieve it. But anyone who’s lived a little knows that no matter what course your life is on, everything can change in an instant.
A party invitation you accept, a phone call you decline—even whether you return a stranger’s smile or put on your headphones instead—an action (or inaction) that unfolds in mere seconds can upend your trajectory.
In , Glamour talks to some of the most interesting women we know about the pivotal life moments that have come to determine who they are today.When Moore won Miss USA in 1993, the second Black woman to ever receive that distinction, she knew her life would be forever changed.
And the knowledge of that made her feel incredibly powerful—invincible, even. “[I knew in that moment] everything that my grandmother taught me to dream, I could achieve,” she tells Glamour. “It made me feel like, oh, what can I do next?”That “next” included roles in movies and shows like Waiting to Exhale, Deliver Us From Eva, and Girlfriends before landing the opportunity that made Moore a household name: .
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