Taylor Hale became the first Black female to win Big Brother on Sunday during the season 24 finale on CBS.The 27-year-old beauty pageant queen from Michigan beat out Monte Taylor, 27, of Delaware, and Matthew 'Turner' Turner, 23, of Massachusetts, to win the $750,000 grand prize.Taylor also won an additional $50,000 after she was voted America's Favorite Houseguest by viewers.
The moment: Taylor Hale is shown reacting after Julie Chen revealed that she won Big Brother on Sunday becoming the first Black female to win the CBS reality showShe also became the first Big Brother winner to win the America's Favorite Houseguest award.Taylor was named the winner after she easily secured the jury vote by a count of 8-1.
The 2021 Miss Michigan USA winner compared winning America's Favorite Houseguest to her Miss Congeniality award at the 2021 Miss USA pageant.'This is like winning Miss Congeniality all over again, but there's a cash prize this time!,' she said.
The winner: Taylor was congratulated on social media by Big BrotherTaylor during her 82 days in the Big Brother house became known for constantly munching on Lays potato chips.She joked to host Julie Chen Moonves, 52, that she's 'gonna spend a lot on potato chips after this' during her post-show interview.Monte won the season's final Head of Household competition and chose to bring Taylor with him into the final two after they formed a 'showmance' in recent weeks.
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