Talk about a majorthrowback! Long before becoming a part of the Real Housewives of New York and an Oscar winner, Bethenny Frankel and Halle Berry were just two young women competing for crowns in the pageant world.
The Bravo star tookto her Instagram account on Thursday, October 13 to share an epic vintage photo ofherself and the Extant actress at abeauty pageant, circa the ‘80s. Bethenny, sporting a pixie cut and white dress beside a crown and sash-wearing Halle, captioned the post, “Hi @halleberry#missteenlongisland #tbt.”
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Halle went on to win Miss Teen All American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986. The mom-of-two also made pageant history in 1986 becoming the firstAfrican American contestant to compete for the title of Miss World Pageant, which shecame in sixth place.
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The 50-year-old recentlyopened up about how she entered the pageant circuit, admitting to W magazine that her “boyfriend at the time wanted a beauty pageantgirlfriend.” She explained, “So he entered me and I got this letter in the mailsaying, 'You are a finalist in the Miss Team Ohio,' and I thought 'Uh, what is this?' And then he told me, 'Oh, by the way, I sentyour prom picture in and now you have to go.'"
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The Monster’s Ball actress ended uptaking her “taffeta” prom dress to the competition and ultimately won, which led her to compete in more pageants. “Onceyou start winning these things it's like a snowball. And you have to go to thenext one and if you when there you go to the next one,” she confessed.
Halle added, “I kept winning all the way until theMiss USA pageant where I did not win. I was first runner up to ChristyFichtner. And that ended my beauty pageant career.”
