Miss USA 2017 beauty Kara McCullough is all geared up as the beauty is busy with her media tour. One amazing fact about the newly crowned Miss USA is that the beauty is embracing her natural hair and hopes to inspire others to follow the same.
During the finals of Miss USA 2017, we saw Kara McCullough carry her natural hair with grace and glamour. McCullough opted to wear her hair naturally for the finale, after she started to notice that none of her co-contestants are wearing their curls. All the other girls chose to carry the straight hairstyle look, and that’s when Kara decided to embrace her natural look for the finals. “When I didn’t see anyone in competitions with my hairstyle, I decided I wanted to break the mould,” said Kara.
The beauty queen admitted that initially she was ‘afraid’ to wear her natural hair for the American beauty pageant. “That’s because no one looked like me on television, no one looked like me in commercials, no one looked like me on stage,” she said. She further added, “When I chose to wear my hair curly, I was afraid. I didn’t know if people were going to accept it... if anyone was going to be receptive to it at all.”
Working as a physical scientist at the United Nuclear Regulatory Commission, McCullough self-funded an outreach program called Science Exploration for Kids, teaching young children about science and mathematics.
McCullough also took out time to clarify her answer from the finals of Miss USA 2017 that created a controversial whirlpool among the viewers. She also shared that she wants to use the Miss USA platform to help spark children's interest in science and math. "I just want children to find joy in science at a young age and not look at it like it’s difficult," she said. "I’m hoping to visit schools, do science projects, maybe do symposiums with high school students, and encourage them to look at career fields in science, technology, engineering and math."