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The Collegiate America™ Programs, commonly referred to as The Collegiate, is a progressive movement formed in 1989. Its mission is “to ensure the educational, social and economic empowerment of students and related programs.”

The Collegiate program has its birth with the creation of the Mr. Collegiate African American Scholarship Pageant™ at Prairie View A&M University, a program designed to improve the image of Black college men through pageantry and programs of empowerment. The next jewel in the crown was the creation of The Collegiate Talent Showcase™, later called Visions of Stardom™. This program provided opportunities for students to develop and perfect, and showcase their talents before entertainment and music industry professionals. This was soon followed by the creation of the Collegiate 100™, a mentoring organization for male and female students. The organization went on to be approved as a national organization by the 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston, Inc. and the 100 Black Men of America; Inc., in 1994.

Over the years the Collegiate has expanded to include the creation of the Collegiate Choice Awards™ to recognize entertainers, artists and performers as selected by college students. Next came the Miss Collegiate America/USA Scholarship Pageants™ to recognize the achievement of college women around the country. Following this was the Ms. Collegiate Mom Scholarship Pageant™, a program for female students who were not eligible to participate in the traditional pageants for college students. Then we have the Collegiate Designers International™, an organization dedicated to creating and recognizing the next generation of fashion, interior and product designers. The organization has engaged in presenting several Fashion Week Shows.

There are several other organizations on the horizon.

The organization is headquartered in Prairie View, Texas.

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