Lori Hayes

Turquoise Jones is a single mom who holds down a household, a rebellious teenager, and pretty much everything that goes down at her job. She’s also a bona fide beauty queen, once crowned the winner of the Miss Juneteenth pageant. Life didn’t turn out as beautifully as the title promised, but Turquoise, determined to right her wrongs, is cultivating her daughter, Kai, to become Miss Juneteenth, even if Kai wants something else.