Carole Gist Interview 2024 Miss USA Finals Red Carpet at Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live

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https://www.maximotv.com  Miss USA 1990 winner Carole Gist interview on the red carpet at the 73rd annual Miss USA finals live competition event on August 4, 2024, at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California, USA.  Reporter: Athenna Crosby @athennacrosby.  This video is available for editorial use in all media and worldwide. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us.  ©MaximoTV

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00:00So, Carol, as a former Miss USA, you know what it takes to wear that crown.

00:07What are you looking to see in the next Miss USA to be crowned tonight?

00:12Someone who is relatable, warm and embracing and welcoming, but, you know, still can be

00:20that woman who embraces her dreams while encouraging others to pursue theirs, be genuine, authentic,

00:29represent the U.S. with class and poise and elegance and grace, and women, women power,

00:36you know, women empowerment, because we need more of that, women uplifting other women

00:41and encouraging all the young girls to come after, to be anything they want to be, whatever

00:50it is.

00:51You don't have to be pigeonholed into any one thing, but if you can believe it and you

00:56can achieve it, even if you haven't seen it, I didn't want a black woman to be Miss

01:01USA, but I went for it knowing that it was a chance.

01:05I may not win, but you still got to go for it.

01:08You have blazed that trail.

01:10So Miss USA, the winner, it's going to open up so many doors for her.

01:15What doors did it open up for you?

01:16Give us some of your career highlights.

01:17Well, it gave me the opportunity to mentor youth, which is a big passion of mine in helping

01:23young people live outside their traumas and their life challenges, however it came to

01:28be, whether foster youth, at-risk teens, just knowing that whatever debt or whatever hand

01:34life dealt you, you can learn how to play that hand well and still succeed.

01:41Your mistakes or how you came to be in this world do not define who you are.

01:46You have the power to determine who you are in life, not who your mother or your father

01:51was, how you came into this world, if you've been a victim of assault or harm or any type

01:56of trauma.

01:57You can be what you purpose and embody that which is in you to do.

02:04You can be it.

02:05So don't let past mistakes and trauma stop you from being what you were born to be, because

02:11we need you.

02:12We need you to live your life.

02:14And that opening for me allowed me to speak at Boys and Girls Clubs and different group

02:20homes and things like that so that I could help just, even if I thought it would only

02:25impact one person, I could still do what I could to try and encourage and motivate young

02:30people.

02:31Live out your dreams and not worry about the lemons life may have given you.

02:35Learn how to make a lemonade.

02:37The best darn lemonade you can mix.

02:39Wow, that is so inspiring.

02:42We can see why the crown went on her head.

02:45Thank you so much for your time and enjoy tonight.

02:49I hope you enjoy as well.

02:50Thank you so much.

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