‘Big Brother’ Season 24 Winner Taylor Hale on Her Historic Victory as 1st Black Woman to Win the Game: ‘It’s Bigger Than Me’
usmagazine.comTaking it all in. Taylor Hale became the first Black woman to ever win Big Brother during the season 24 finale on Sunday, September 25, and she’s still processing it after being the underdog all season.The personal stylist, 27, who also won America’s Favorite Player and had been a fan favorite all summer, had faced bullying and racism in the house, and overcame a ton of adversity to even sit in the final two chairs.
She won in an 8-1 vote against personal trainer Monte Taylor.“First Black woman to win Big Brother, it was the goal I had coming in,” Taylor exclusively tells Us Weekly. “I didn’t know if it would happen.
I was first on the block in the first week. It didn’t feel like it would happen at all. But season 3 was the last season I watched coming in before coming into the season and to watch Danielle Reyes play just a phenomenal game, the amazing game that she played, and not win in the end, I was just like, there is nothing that will stop me from speaking about wanting to be the first Black woman to win this game and doing everything in my power to make it happen.”The former pageant queen continues, “I feel like I have played this game, not just for Taylor Mackenzie Dickens Hale.
I’ve played it for Da’Vonne [Rogers]. I’ve played it for Bayleigh [Dayton], every Black woman who has played this game, and ultimately Azah [Awasum] and Danielle and Monica [Bailey] who made final three, but just couldn’t take it home for whatever circumstance.
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