How Ma Raineys Black Bottom’ made history with hairstyling and make-up Oscars
- Hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to win in the hairstyling and makeup category
- I want to say thank you to all our ancestors who put the work in, said Neal
- I can picture Black trans women standing up here, added Jamika
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ won the Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar and with that, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to win in this category.
“I want to say thank you to all our ancestors who put the work in, were denied but never gave up,” Neal said in her acceptance speech.
“I also stand here as Jamika (Wilson) and I break this glass ceiling with so much excitement for the future. I can picture Black trans women standing up here, and Asian sisters, our Latino sisters, and Indigenous women. I know one day it won’t be unusual or groundbreaking. It will just be normal,” added Jamika.
Neal also used her acceptance speech to spotlight the trials of her grandfather and how they brought her to the Oscar stage tonight.
According to elle.com, Neal created 100 wigs for the film and they were then fitted by Wilson, Viola Davis’s personal hairstylist.
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