At 15 Nicole Barrett was crowned Ms. Junior Texas. A graduate of North Mesquite High, she received the Greer Carson Scholarship for Acting to the College of Santa Fe, NM, where she studied theatre/drama. She also was 1st Runner Up for Miss Santa Fe and would later win the title of Ms. Black Texas in 2002. Nicole had a strong social media and was named one of the 2013 Fresh Faces of Fashion, was featured in Modern Luxury Magazine and served on the board of the Dallas Theatre Guild. Nicole’s special charity events included “A Luncheon with Debbie Reynolds,” “Shirley Jones Concert Gala,” “Ron Springs Gift for Life” to raise awareness and money to increase organ donors, and most recently, “Kinky Friedman’s Birthday Bash.” A former reporter for Elite News, she hosted “The Nicole Barrett Show,” a fresh, bold and entertaining program that ranked #5 in the D/FW marketing eventually propelled the show to higher heights when in 2014 the show made its television debut on KTXD-TV. Nicole’s most recent conquest was becoming the only Black woman in America to own a cigar company, Kinky Friedman’s Cigars. Vibrant, vivacious and genuine, that was Nicole.
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