Before kicking off her acting career, Halle Berry began her modelling career and participated in beauty pageants. She won the title of Miss Ohio USA 1986 and became the 1st runner up in Miss USA 1986. Not only this, but the beauty also managed to compete in Miss World 1986 and earned the 6th position. She was the first African-American Actress to won Academy Award for her mind-blowing performance in Monster’s Ball.
This beauty queen has been a part of many critically acclaimed and commercial films. Berry was ranked No. 1 on People’s Magazineas 50 Most Beautiful People in the World list in 2003. To honour the achievements of former beauty queen and actress, Madame Tussauds placed her wax statue in Hollywood, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.