Heartshine beauty pageant crowns six California women of color in eight titles

Say hello to the 2023 Heartshine Pageant state of California queens. Eight women from ages 16 to 60 proudly wear their crowns and state title sashes. The newly crowned Heartshine Pageant queens are celebrating their new titles and how they will reign and represent the state this year. "Five African-American wonderful women that were crowned queen and one Latino woman and it was during Black History Month, what are the odds of that?" said Shlanda Breeden, Ms. California state queen. KCRA 3's Michelle Bandur reports.