Carole Anne-Marie Gist (born May 8, 1969) is an American TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1990 she was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2, 1990, in Wichita, Kansas. Gist was first runner-up to Mona Grudt of Norway in the Miss Universe pageant of that same year. She was also the first contestant from Michigan to win Miss USA, and broke the five-year streak of winners from Texas.