THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!

Congratulations to our new Miss America, a sistah who is walking the walk! Caressa Cameron won her state's title on her fourth try, and said she saw pageantry as a way to raise money and awareness for her platform issue, AIDS awareness. She said the issue is personal for her because her uncle died of AIDS and her family fostered a young girl who lived with the disdease.She was recognized by Congress in 2007 for her work to bring instant-result HIV testing to her home state.During the Miss Virginia pageant last year, Cameron was asked her opinion about gay marriage, the same issue Miss California Carrie Prejean was asked about during the Miss USA pageant two months earlier.Cameron said she believed marriage should be between a man and woman because of her religious beliefs, but she didn't think there should be laws against gay marriage. You go on with your pretty self, Caressa. Shine that light on those communities dying from denial.