The 2008 Women Meeting Challenges - Making Change Conference is pleased to announce Ms. Bessie A. Winn (Miss Black Georgia USA 2006) as the host of the conference!
With an extensive background in beauty and pageantry, Bessie a Georgia Peach by way of Ghana West Africa was a contestant in the 2003 Miss Georgia USA pageant and a finalist in the Today's Black Women Magazine Beauty Competition. In April of 2006, Ms. Winn was crowned Miss Black Georgia USA 2006. The philanthropic beauty used her reign as a vehicle to create awareness about teenage domestic violence, as well as an empowerment tool for past survivors.
Ms. Winn devotes her time to the non-profit "BreakFree", an organization she co-founded that aims to promote and educate the nation about teenage domestic violence. Bessie has been featured in periodicals such as VIBE Vixen, the Atlanta Voice, Rolling Out, and was selected and featured in the July 2007 issue of EBONY magazine as one of the nations top Bachelorettes. Bessie Winn has landed roles in Feature films, commercials, and local theatre productions.
Bessie Winn is currently working on a self help work book for teens that will be used not only as a self empowerment too, but will also touch on teen dating violence, positive self esteem and self image, and the importance of pursuing your dreams.
Ms. Winn says, "Achievement most often takes place under conditions that are less than ideal. Just because there is some problem or difficulty or shortcoming in your life at the moment, it does not prevent you from moving forward"...
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